This photo made it to the Newsletter of the French Embassy to the US featuring in an article about sustainable forrest management. Link to pdf-file.
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Mount Haelakala (3,055m, 10,023 ft), the crater of the volcano is 12 km (7.5 mi) long and 4 km (2.5 mi) wide |
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The Harbor of Lahaina |
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Sailing yacht in front of Mount Haleakala, to the left. This photo was taken during a humpback whale watching cruise. Unfortunately I didn’t get the whales on silicon, but they were there. Later in the season (February/March) there will be thousands of humpback whales in this bay, protected by four islands |
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Tropical
rain forests on the wet (i.e. rain) side of the island. This waterfall can
be seen from the famous (crooked) highway to Hana This photo made it to the Newsletter of the French Embassy to the US featuring in an article about sustainable forrest management. Link to pdf-file. |
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Highway to Hana, which is quite narrow and very windy |
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Along the highway to Hana |
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Wild Pineapple in Ohe'o Gulch |
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The "Seven Sacred Pools" near Ohe'o Gulch |
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Ohe'o Gulch. The atmosphere is comparable to Storm's River Mouth in Knysna/South Africa |
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Charles Lindbergh’s grave in Kipahulu |
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Now things get interesting. We are now on the part of the highway which is forbidden for rental cars. Unpaved road, even narrower than it seems on the picture |
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The south slope of Mount Haleakala |
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Sugar Cane fields in between the two big volcanos which form Maui (also called the "Valley Isle") |