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MARCH 16, 2015: BANZAI AND SPOTLIGHT

The day after Tropical Storm Bavi. Join us near and at Banzai Cliff, and then down to Spotlight Cave. This gallery ends at the Suicide Cliff area.
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Jason photographing Amber along the cliffs to the west of Banzai.
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Jason photographing Amber along the cliffs to the west of Banzai.

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  • Jason photographing Amber along the cliffs to the west of Banzai.
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  • I walked down the cliff-line a ways to get a shot looking back of Bev, Amber, and Jason watching the waves.
  • Bev, Amber, and Jason start toward the Spotlight Cave trail.
  • We are now heading down toward Spotlight Cave. The cliff we were above in the first three shots is visible in the distance, with the white area being showing where huge boulders fell from the overhang during Tropical Storm Bavi. Banzai is where you see the memorial markers.
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  • We are standing above a hole on top of an underwater cave. The cave opens (underwater) to the open ocean, so wave action causes the water to dance in front of us. Near the middle of the day the sun shines straight down into this hole. On much calmer days this is a popular dive site, and a mesmerizing, glimmering beam of light is cast from this "skylight" from top to bottom of the cave. Today, as you can see, waves were gushing forcefully against the shore, and rising awesomely from the hole.
  • Periods of strong waves, then periods of relative calm.
  • Spotlight cave is to your left.
  • Then up to Suicide Cliff. Both Suicide Cliff and Banzai Cliff were sites of mass suicide at the end of WW II, when it became a certainty that the U.S. was successful in overrunning the island.
  • Amber photographs one of our peace memorials.
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