Eventually most of our hiking group congregated on the somewhat narrow platform for a photo. After that we hung around for about a half hour, peering into each others' binoculars looking for interesting details of the many things that caught our fancy in the panoramic view plain. The obvious attractions were the ocean, the little islands and the coastline. After scanning the obvious, we began to notice some of the details. Looking out towards the 2 small, nearby islands, one will notice the stark contrast between them.
Rabbit Island stands out as a barren, dry, brown rock.
The flat island in front of Rabbit Island is greener and accentuated with patches of sand and black lava rock. Offsetting the areas of greenery were several stationary white objects. At first I thought these were like little tents. Both islands are wildlife sanctuaries. Before long I was looking westward towards Kailua-Kaneohe.