Honu in Falling Light

A honu rises through a curtain of falling sunbeams, wings spread wide as if the water itself were sky. Tiny yellow tangs scatter from the coral as the old turtle glides over their garden, unhurried and at home.

Honu can rest for hours beneath the light like this, letting the ocean carry them. To see one rising through the rays is to understand why Hawaiians read the turtle as a blessing for the day ahead.