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Photo: Waimanalo, Hawaii
Photo: A hang glider soars over Waimanalo, Hawaii
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Photograph by William Albert Allard
A hang glider soars over the waters of Waimanalo Island, Hawaii.

—Photograph taken on assignment for, but not published in, “ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii,” February 2001, National Geographic magazine
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