Coconut Punaluu Beach,
by Debra Banks
Title
Coconut Punaluu Beach,
Artist
Debra Banks
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A black and white shot of a halved open coconut on a black sand beach in Hawaii.
Punaluʻu Beach, Big Island, Hawaii. Also known as Black Sand Beach, Panalu’u is an unusual site in Hawaii, famous for the white sandy paradise. However, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are of volcanic nature. Flowing lava has also created the black color of this beach, whose sand is of basalt nature. Genuine black sand beaches are only found on the Big Island.
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word.The term is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning "head" or "skull", from the three indentations on the coconut shell that resemble facial features.
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August 8th, 2017
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