National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

STS068-245-077 - STS-068 - Earth observations during STS-68 mission

HI - Honolulu

HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

[Assignment: 48-DPA-12-6-06_K_CPix_Kemp_HI] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii [for commemorative events on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack] [48-DPA-12-6-06_K_CPix_Kemp_HI_IMG_0182.JPG]

A starboard beam view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HONOLULU (SSN 718) entering Pearl Harbor Channel.

US Navy (USN) CHIEF Personnel SPECIALIST John Barroquillo (right) and Sailors assigned to Afloat Training Group (ATG), Middle Pacific (ATG MIDPAC), clean up trash and debris from the shorelines of historic Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). Ford Island is adjacent to Battleship Row, home of the USN Iowa Class Battleship MISSOURI (BB 63) and USS ARIZONA Memorial

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed aboard the LOS ANGELES CLASS: Attack Submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN 724), stand on the deck of the ship and poses for a group photograph after receiving the Battle E award at Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The Battle "E" award recognizes sustained superior performance in all areas of combat readiness

SSGT Richard Bishop, a Marine Corps instructor, critiques the performance of a group of Air Force security policemen who have just completed an anti-terrorist operation. The policemen are participating in an anti-terrorist exercise being conducted by the 1st Marine Brigade School

An O-2 Skymaster aircraft flies over Kilo Btry., 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, as it returns from a reconnaissance mission. The partly-camouflaged gun is a 105mm howitzer. This activity is a part of the battalion's combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area

OLD CHURCH IN KEOMUKU, A "GHOST TOWN" ON THE ISLAND'S EAST SHORE, WHERE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO BUILD A HOTEL. IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION, THE LAND USE COMMISSION RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED THOUSANDS OF ACRES ON THIS PREDOMINANTLY AGRICULTURAL ISLAND FOR URBAN USE THE DECISION IS BEING CONTESTED IN THE COURTS

Landing Fields - Hawaii - Oahu Island

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Doug Putthoff (left) and USN Lieutenant (LT) Pete Obenauer, Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 6 (NEPMU-6) check out equipment for deployment to Indonesia. NEPMU-6 is deploying to Indonesia to provide humanitarian support and conduct water quality testing, insect collection and examination for disease, and medical assistance as part of Tsunami Humanitarian Disaster Relief Effort following the 9.0 Tsunami event on December 26, 2004