Lake Waiau by sharky_

Photography • Landscape • posted on Feb 05, 2005

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Lake Waiau: This lake located on the summit platform of Mauna Kea is 13, 020 ft above sea level. Its approximately 300 feet in diameter and a maximum depth of 10 feet. It is the 3rd highest lake in the United States. Not knowing where the exact location of this lake was, I took a chance with some general directions from the security patrol. The security patrol indicated that there were no signs that said Lake Waiau but there was a small foot trail leading to the lake. When I reached that area where my trail was to be, there was snow on the ground and absolutely no foot trail. Also, I had one of two choices to make. Go down hill to where it appears to be a lake? Or go up hill? I chose up hill, ugh! The air was very thin that I had to walk at a snail pace. But with the grace of luck, I found it! It was behind a little hill and down into a little crater. It was mostly frozen. Frozen is not what I wanted but I will come back another day to revisit this lake when its not frozen. Now I'm wondering? WHO LEFT THEIR FOOT PRINTS ON LAKE WAIAU????? Aloha and thank you for viewing.

Comments (28)

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Apophis906

12:49AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Very cool shot here,excellent capture and job here.

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WandM

12:51AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Search and thou shall find ;~) The dark parts of the mountain give such a special effect to this most wonderful image!

AgentMai

12:56AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

That is one big footprint....So I'm betting on Godzilla! If you do go back up there, better be heavily armed! You picked a lovely place to take full advantage of the scenery. Love the angle and compo. Well worth the trek! Amazing photo =)

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DJB

12:58AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Interesting reportage,and a really cool image.Wonder what's in that lake.

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BusyB967

1:05AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Excellent winter scene

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Punaguy

1:15AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

All that way and no ice skates? Wonderful view of the lake....Agree with Mistress Mai...could be Godzilla...!

cynlee

1:19AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

hehe, bigfoot?... glad you found it.. looks very high above the clouds! :]

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nongo

2:53AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

It will be nice to see this lake in the springtime when there's no snow, just for the contrasting image. This however is an excellent shot!!!!! Thanks!!!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

4:49AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Amazing vista... did you go up there alone ?

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sharky_

5:07AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

isacos, yes...I did go up there alone. I did notify others where I would be in case anything happened, lol. Thanks for asking.

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Mimey

5:13AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Wonderful place for bathing :) Excellent picture!!!

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oscilis

6:06AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Very impressive wild place. Does Bigfoot only have one leg?

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1pearl

6:10AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Beautiful shot !!!

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glix70

6:55AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Wow!!! So beautiful iced mountain lake, U are in a stunning snow landscape!!! Excellent shot my friend!!! :)

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GiMi53

7:19AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Very unusual the snow in this place... Beautiful and interesting. Thanks for showing ! :~)

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chantal-france

7:33AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Beautiful winter and mountain shot :)) This place is fantastic and so peaceful :)) Excellent work!!

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marybelgium

9:06AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Thanks for sharing this beautiful view !

Tedz

10:18AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

What a Tour. A magic place. Aloha!

soulofharmony

10:25AM | Sat, 05 February 2005

wowww so bleak and isolated beautiful work..miles and miles of nothingness but so beautiful :) excellent work

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sossy

12:15PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

excellent capture of this mountain lake! the surface b/w remind me of a zebra! ;o)

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Akinom

4:55PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

That lake is fascinating, Errol! A magical place! Excellent POV!

logiloglu

6:17PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

awesome shot. a fantastic landscape. vote ALOHA #:O)

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Ti-Paul

11:30PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Very impressif my friend!Some foot print you have there! I believe that this's the foot print of the great Canadien "Kokanee Sasquash" going south for the winter!Great shot :)

tvernuccio

11:51PM | Sat, 05 February 2005

Wow, this is totally amazing!!! such incredible beauty you've captured!!!! and you really went through a lot to get this shot too!!!! high 5's, Errol!! I give you A+++ and vote!!! oh, by the way, didn't ya know, that BIG FOOT is mine!!!! LOL!!!

ebsmooth

5:00PM | Sun, 06 February 2005

what an outstanding view!!! would be cool if it didn't get so cold up there, i'd go for a swim...heh heh!!! excellent capture!!!

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TwoPynts

2:45PM | Mon, 07 February 2005

Wow, quite a journey to reach this point! Thanks for making this trek...even though the lake is ice covered, it still makes a great photo! The footprint must be from the guy whose been eating those chocolate cake cinder cones. ;)

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