Maui SCUBA Trip - September 1, 2004
Final look out our window before we check out
Ask for your shell lei upon checkout
Onward to Haleakala
Cool at the 9740 ft altitude Haleakala Visitor Center
David looks for a reason to wear his sweatshirt
This trip has put his head up in the clouds
The Haleakala crater in the clouds
Silverswords and the Pu'u'ula'ula Summit
Fresh new silversword (ahinahina)
Silversword poof ball
Ahinahina in full bloom
The goats have been fenced out ever since
The University of Hawaii's Haleakala Observatories
Astronomy, satellite tracking, & lunar ranging
The Haleakala Visitor Center is almost 300 ft below
Crater obscured by clouds most of the time
Clears up a little for a moment for a better view
Donna sketches the Ahinahina for her art class
David climbs the summit without running out of breath
Martian landscape ends at the clouds
Our rent car, Donna, and the summit view point
Donna poses with her art subject
Donna and David and the Ahinahinas
One more glimpse of the full bloom Ahinahina
Only 50 geese in 1946, now 250, don't run them over
Our 767 chariot awaits us
Seven hour flight across five time zones
One hour of sunset then six hours of darkness