Mokoli'i (aka Chinaman's Hat) - Kualoa Point, Oahu, Hawaii

Mokoli'i, commonly known as Chinaman's Hat, is a basalt islet in Kāneʻohe Bay, Hawaii. Mokoliʻi is part of Kualoa Regional Park and located 1⁄3 mile offshore of Kualoa Point, Oahu. The 12.5-acre islet was at one time part of a basaltic ridge on Oahu before marine erosion separated it.

Oahu resident, Kealii, shared the Hawaiian legend of Mokoli'i with Sheila Beal of www.govisithawaii.com:
“Mokoli’i refers to “little lizard”, or the remnants of a tail of a legendary lizard whose back is very visible as the Kualoa mountain range. In fact, “Kualoa” means “long, large back”, referring to the long large back of a giant lizard or dinosaur. Legend has it that Hi’iakaikapoliopele, one of the sisters to Pele, the goddess who lives at Halema’uma’u at the current volcano on Hawai’i island, passed through the Kualoa area one day. This large lizard or mo’o gave chase to her. She killed him, and one sign of this battle is the remnant tail in the ocean, still seen today.”

This photo was taken from Kualoa Regional Beach Park just off of Highway 83 (Kamehameha Highway).

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Hawaii / Kualoa (show map)

Taken on: May 3, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/5.6, 68mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	68mm
ISO:	320
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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