Walking on the moon (a morning on Haleakala)

So, was waking up at 2:30 am for a drive to a dormant volcano worth it? It was about zero degrees C, it took two hours to get there, but it was priceless. Had to get there for the official blessing of the day. Again, these are unprocessed but you get the idea. As with all the images, click on the picture for a larger size.















Cinder cones at sunrise.... Another planet, non?



(Un)earthly apparitions....



They must have filmed 2001, Planet of the Apes and other sci fi movies here!

Surf's Up

The road to Hana is a cool but tiring road. Hundreds of turns and dozens of bridges. Parts of Jurassic Park were filmed along the road......
















From the surfing side of Maui.....

Maui

Yikes, Maui is a busy place! Bumper to bumper traffic everywhere, well, not quite. We had to drive two hours and up to 10,000 feet to get away from it all. Off to Hana tomorrow.

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Haleakala, from the 10,000 foot elevation



Observatories on Haleakala


Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Kilauea from the top of Haleakala, 127 km's away


Cinder cones on Haleakala











Cloud cover at 6000 foot level


Maui coastline


1790 eruption on Maui, still stark landscape

Kaua'i

Ah, Whalers Rum. Most impressive. No comparison to Lambs. Complex, sugary, wait... Too much information.

Here are some images from Kaua'i. This is only a sample as we've really only stopped for a half day since we left on April 4th. We've been on the go, exploring and shooting as many scenes as we can. To be honest, to day I ran out of photo mojo. I expect we've taken 6000 images so far. Many of the same scene, different compositions and different settings. Still, how and the hell am I going to sift through all these images?

It has been an amazing experience. Nothing like I imagined. The facilities are excellent. The people are very friendly. I did not have any pre-conceived ideas of Hawai'i. The islands are very different. Hawai'i is rugged and much like Jasper in the sence of the breathtaking scenery. It is more lush but the feel and temperature was the same. Kaua'i on the other hand is so very beautiful. You can drive up the North coast in a couple hours and you can drive up the South East cost in a couple hours.

We are situated in the middle of the island and have easy access to everything. We will have the best of the best uploaded on mphoto.ca in a couple months..... Uploading pictures takes a lot of time even though we don't spend much time editing. We just don't sit for very long so uploading images will be delayed. For example, we sat down, on the beach, for the first time since we left Edmonton. We are not laying on the beach people. Besides, the UV donw here is brutal. Burn in :15 minutes. Wear UV 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aloha, and Mahalo for taking the time. More once we arrive on Maui.

























The view from our balcony in Kaua'i. Awww, life is a beach...

Kaua'i from a Catermaran...

Na' Pali coast from 4 hour Catamaran Cruise (just a sample, 600 images taken on boat), 4000 foot cliffs. The island in the sunset is a small eroded island that is no longer inhabitable. A million years ago, it would have been a cool place....

Kaua'i, Wowi

Fasten your seatbelts, Jack Harter Helicopter charter on a Hughes 500, NO DOORS! Don't look down. Here we go on the Kaua'i Aerial Tour.... Note, the rum prevents me from editing the images so they are right off the camera.....













Na' Pali Coast. Stunning 4000 foot cliffs, the Island of Kaua'i is 4 Million years old. The Island of Hawaii is 1 Million years old. The island of Kaua'i us the second fastest eroding island on the planet , England is the fastest eroding planet. In about 3 million years, this island will be a small dot in the ocean. It is no longer growing whereas Hawai'i is still growing.