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MAUNCE KEA BEACH HOTEL, NEAR KAMUELA, IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FEW SANDY BEACHES IN ALL OF HAWAII. IT HAD BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE BEFORE PASSAGE OF THE LAND USE LAWS OF 1961. THE HOTEL LIMITS ACCESS TO THE BEACH TO ITS OWN GUESTS

Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Interior

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Headquarters & Service Battalion (H&S BN), Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), performs lead and rear hand punches during a unit conditioning exercise, designed to enhance combat readiness and improve physical fitness, held onboard Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii (HI)

SEAL swimmers cast into the water from a HH-60H Seahawk helicopter during a SSN/Helo air/sea rendezvous with the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. The KAMEHAMEHA is one of two former SSBN subs that have been converted to drydock shelter (DDS) capable platforms for special operations

Land & politics in Hawaii [by] Robert H. Horwitz & Norman Meller

Hawaii Air National Guard loadmaster CHIEF MASTER SGT. Sam Wong, unloads a 2900 lb medical pallet from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance relief operations for tsunami victims at Utapao, Thailand, on Jan. 18, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Mysti Bicoy) (Released)

Brother Franklin Pao stands next to the sail of the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS HONOLULU (SSN 718) as he performs the Hawaiian water blessing during a farewell ceremony, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI)

STS099-701-008 - STS-099 - Earth observations of the Hawaiian Islands taken from OV-105 during STS-99

Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Guest room

PINEAPPLE FIELDS OF LANAI. PINEAPPLE MAY BE ON THE WAY OUT IN HAWAII. PRODUCTION IS DOWN, IMPORTED PINEAPPLE IS UP, AND DEVELOPERS PLAN EXTENSIVE CHANGES ON THIS ISLAND. THE LAND USE COMMISSION WHICH RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED 22,340 ACRES OF LANAI'S RURAL LAND FOR URBAN USE, MUST WEIGH THE PROFITS OF PINEAPPLE FARMING AGAINST THE NEEDS OF AN INCREASING POPULATION AND THE BENEFITS OF THE TOURIST DOLLAR