ʻO ka Haʻina Moana

Na Richard Salas

Me ka emi ʻana o nā ʻano iʻa nui i nā makahiki he 50-60 i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole kaulike ka pūnaewele meaʻai o ko kākou moana, a he pilikia ia no kākou a pau. Na ke kai ke kuleana o ka 50% o ko mākou oxygen a hoʻoponopono i ko mākou aniau. Pono mākou e hana wikiwiki e pale, mālama a hoʻihoʻi hou i ko mākou moana a i ʻole mākou e lilo i nā mea āpau. Uhi ka moana i ka 71 pakeneka o ka ili o ko kakou honua, a he 97 pakeneka o kona wai. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ma ke ʻano he ʻano mea pono mākou e kālele nui i kā mākou mālama mālama ʻana i kēia, ka ʻāpana nui loa o ka puzzle ola honua.

O_____ koʻu inoa Richard Salas a he kanaka kākoʻo moana au a he mea paʻi kiʻi ma lalo o ka wai. Ua luʻu au no 10 mau makahiki a he kanaka paʻi kiʻi ʻoihana au no 35. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i koʻu wā kamaliʻi e nānā ana iā Sea Hunt a hoʻolohe iā Lloyd Bridges e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ke kai ma ka hopena o kāna hōʻike i ka makahiki 1960. . I kēia manawa, i ka makahiki 2014, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o kēlā memo ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Ua kamaʻilio wau me nā mea ʻimi ola moana a me nā haku luʻu a ʻo ka pane e hoʻi mai i ka like: pilikia ke kai.

Ua hānai ʻia koʻu aloha i ka moana i ka makahiki 1976 e Ernie Brooks II, he moʻolelo ma ke kahua kiʻi kiʻi i lalo o ka wai, ma Brooks Institute of Photography ma Santa Barbara Kaleponi.

ʻO nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei aʻu i hoʻolilo ai i ka luʻu ʻana a me ke kiʻi ʻana i lalo o ka wai, ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka manaʻo pili pili me nā mea ola a pau o lalo o ka wai, a me ka makemake e lilo i leo no kēia mau mea ʻaʻohe leo ponoʻī. Hāʻawi wau i nā haʻiʻōlelo, hana i nā hōʻike hale kiʻi, a hana wau e aʻo i nā poʻe i ko lākou pilikia. Hōʻike wau i ko lākou ola i ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole iā lākou e like me aʻu, a lohe paha i kā lākou moʻolelo.

Ua hana au i ʻelua puke kiʻi kiʻi i lalo o ka wai, ʻo “Sea of ​​Light – Underwater Photography of California's Channel Islands” a me “Blue Visions – Underwater Photography from Mexico to the Equator” a ke hana nei au ma ka puke hope loa “Luluminous Sea – Underwater Photography mai Wakinekona a Alaska”. Me ka paʻi ʻana o "Luminous Sea" e hāʻawi ana au i 50% o nā waiwai i ka Ocean Foundation i mea e hāʻawi pū ai ka mea kūʻai puke i ke olakino o ko kākou honua moana.

Ua koho au iā Indiegogo no ke kālā lehulehu no ka mea ua ʻae kā lākou hoʻolaha iaʻu e hui pū me kahi ʻoihana ʻole a hāʻawi i kēia puke i ka hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Aia ka loulou inā makemake ʻoe e komo i ka hui, e kiʻi i puke nani, a e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hoʻonā kai!
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