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Lehua flower from the Ohi'a tree
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Photo taken in University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Uploaded on April 11, 2009
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- Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D70s
- Taken on 2009/03/26 15:20:14
- Exposure: 0.003s (1/320)
- Focal Length: 300.00mm
- F/Stop: f/6.300
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
- No flash
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spronco, on April 11, 2009, said:
In Hawaiian mythology, ʻŌhiʻa and Lehua were two lovers separated by the goddess Pele. Pele desired ʻŌhiʻa and when she could not have him she turned him into a tree. Lehua was devastated by this transformation and out of pity the gods turned her into a flower and placed her upon the ʻōhiʻa tree. Separating these united lovers is not encouraged, and it is said that when a lehua flower is plucked from an ʻōhiʻa tree, the sky fills with rain representing the lovers' tears.
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