(Photo: Big Island Guru)
(Photo: Siim Sepp)
Papakolea Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii is green! That's because the sand has a high concentration of the green mineral olivine. This is one of 15 unusual beaches rounded up by The World Geography. You can view the rest at the link.
Link -via Marginal Revolution
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I would have figured it was made up of ground 7-up bottles
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Been there many times, its either a long hike in, or a sweet jeep trail to get to it.
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I've seen some fairly greenish beaches before, but that's always been algae, it's neat that there's green beaches due to green minerals
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