Picture of the Day - 15 January 2010

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Ko'Olau Range, seen from the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology

Oahu, Hawaii

17 September 2005

1/500 @ f/6.7; Pentax *ist DS; zoom lens at 43mm

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Looks suspiciously like the island from Lost... you haven't seen any polar bears have you?

I'd be surprised if it didn't look like the island from lost - since it is. IIRC, a lot of the filming is (or at least was) done right near there.