Three other albums accompany this selection of photographs. They are: West Maui, Hana Highway, and Maui Flora.
May, 2017Showing 1-212 of 2121482 visitsAlbum by John E. KellerPhotos by John E. Keller
enlarge 145KB, 539x640 1 The Needle Framed There are more views of the Needle, below. I placed this one near the beginning of the images, since it is a famous landmark in Maui.
enlarge 147KB, 640x592 2 Iao Valley 3 (1 of 1)
enlarge 48KB, 720x291 3 Big Beach & Puu Olai or Red Hill 2-
enlarge 109KB, 640x510 4 Black Sand Beach This view of West Maui is from Oneuli, or Black Sand, Beach near Puu Olai mound. In the distance you can see West Maui Mountain.
enlarge 50KB, 640x425 5 DSC 9250
enlarge 71KB, 640x407 6 Iao Valley (1 of 1)
enlarge 121KB, 640x564 7 Iao Valley 2
enlarge 46KB, 720x412 8 DSC 9321
enlarge 48KB, 425x640 9 DSC 9328
enlarge 54KB, 640x425 10 DSC 9331
enlarge 76KB, 640x425 11 DSC 9335
enlarge 31KB, 640x425 12 Hookipa Beach (1 of 1)
enlarge 60KB, 640x425 13 DSC 9231
enlarge 87KB, 720x431 14 Highway to Hana-
enlarge 36KB, 720x318 15 Sail Surfers at Hookipa Beach-Edit
enlarge 62KB, 720x433 16 DSC 8394-Edit
enlarge 97KB, 640x418 17 DSC 8456
enlarge 61KB, 640x415 18 DSC 8462
enlarge 44KB, 432x640 19 Catch of the Day (1 of 1)
enlarge 51KB, 720x362 20 Haleki'i Heiau
enlarge 61KB, 720x358 21 Haleakala Volcano from Wailuku-Edit
enlarge 95KB, 720x425 22 Honoapiilani Highway (1 of 1)
enlarge 38KB, 720x236 23 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge-Edit
enlarge 55KB, 720x316 24 Kealia National Wildlife Refuge 2
enlarge 88KB, 640x425 25 DSC 9015
enlarge 80KB, 640x400 26 Kealia National Wildlife Refuge 3 (1 of 1)
enlarge 38KB, 640x425 27 West Maui Mountains from Kealia National Wildlife Refuge 3 (1 of 1)
enlarge 56KB, 720x341 28 Maalea Bay with Sunflowers Ready to Harvest
enlarge 27KB, 720x281 29 Sunflower Harvest
enlarge 24KB, 720x245 30 Halealala Rainbow
enlarge 33KB, 720x307 31 Kealia National Wildlife Refuge 3
enlarge 23KB, 720x203 32 Kealia National Wildlife Refuge 4
enlarge 74KB, 720x448 33 DSC 9061
enlarge 60KB, 640x411 34 DSC 9064
enlarge 41KB, 720x352 35 Sugar Beach-Edit
enlarge 43KB, 720x371 36 West Maui Mountain from Sugar Beach
enlarge 37KB, 720x373 37 Haleakala from Sugar Beach (1 of 1)
enlarge 55KB, 720x299 38 Makaluapuna Point
enlarge 31KB, 720x403 39 Puu Olai at Sunset-7121 1
enlarge 28KB, 469x640 40 Haleakala Observatories on Haleakala from Maalaea
enlarge 46KB, 720x383 41 Haleakala in the Evening
enlarge 31KB, 640x425 42 View of Kahoolawe Island in the Evening-
enlarge 21KB, 640x414 43 Haleakala in the Evening-
enlarge 33KB, 720x319 46 Rainbow from Hookipa Beach-
enlarge 39KB, 720x348 47 Meadow at Hookipa Beach
enlarge 63KB, 720x405 48 Hookipa Lookout Point (1 of 1)
enlarge 58KB, 720x401 49 Hookipa Lookout Point 2 (1 of 1)
enlarge 75KB, 720x329 50 West Mountain from Kihei Cove Park
enlarge 58KB, 640x425 51 Haleakala Sunrise
enlarge 55KB, 720x299 52 Makaluapuna Point
enlarge 31KB, 720x403 53 Puu Olai at Sunset
enlarge 48KB, 720x285 54 Papalaua State Wayside Area
enlarge 63KB, 720x311 55 Papalaua Wayside Beach
enlarge 88KB, 720x359 56 Lana'i from Papalaua Beach
enlarge 41KB, 720x224 57 View of Moloka'i from Hula Grill Kaanapali
enlarge 52KB, 640x421 58 Highway 37, on the west side of Haleakala This stretch of road was a welcome sight, after having driven, clockwise, the second half of the Highway to Hana. The rumor is that you can't take rental cars on the road past Hana, or that you will need a four wheel drive vehicle. Neither are necessarily true. If you've driven the road west of Hana you'll understand why this stretch of road was a welcome sight! On this imageevent.com website, there is another folder of photographs from the Highway to Hana.
enlarge 52KB, 720x333 59 West Maui Mountain from Kihei
enlarge 67KB, 720x340 60 Puu Olai & Black Sand Beach
enlarge 64KB, 720x314 61 Oneuli Beach Black Sand Beach
enlarge 19KB, 720x208 62 West Maui Mountains from Oneuli Beach- This obviously Hawaiian man had arrived at Black Sand Beach early in the morning and seemed to be surveying the landscape.
enlarge 41KB, 720x429 63 West Maui Mountains from Oneuli Beach 2-5022
enlarge 144KB, 640x423 64 Road to Black Sand Beach
enlarge 97KB, 640x407 65 Makena State Park 2
enlarge 37KB, 720x326 66 Big Beach at Makena State Park
enlarge 27KB, 720x158 67 Molokini Island from Big Beach-
enlarge 36KB, 720x229 68 Molokini Island & Puu Olai-
enlarge 49KB, 720x355 69 Molokini Island & Puu Olai or Red Hill-
enlarge 53KB, 640x425 70 Big Beach & Puu Olai or Red Hill-5142
enlarge 38KB, 720x286 71 Big Beach & Puu Olai or Red Hill 3-
enlarge 73KB, 720x410 72 Big Beach & Puu Olai
enlarge 75KB, 720x256 73 Big Beach
enlarge 53KB, 720x354 74 Kealia Pond Natural Wildlife Refuge This national wildlife refuge is on the northeast shore of Maalaea Bay, on the west side of Maui.
enlarge 115KB, 720x367 80 Trees off Sugar Beach This scene is nestled between N. Kihei Road and Maalaea Bay, just off of Sugar Beach. West Maui Mountain is seen in the distance.
enlarge 78KB, 720x337 81 Road to Lahaina Pali Trail This "road" leads about half a mile off of Honoapiilani Highway, to a parking area for those inclined to hike Lahaina Pali Trail. Navigating this little road meant keeping the car tires on the high center of the road and the side of the road to keep from high centering the vehicle. The trick was to do this without scraping the side of the car against the large lava boulders that line the roadway, evidently to keep hikers from driving all over the private field.
enlarge 54KB, 720x330 82 Road to Lahaina Pali Trail The ideal way to hike Lahaina Pali Trail is to park a car on one side of the mountain and then have someone drop you off on the other side. Not having done this, I hiked up the east side of the mountain. At the top I came across a young couple who had hiked up from the west side and were getting ready to hike back down. They agreed to drive me around to my car when we reached the bottom. The west side of the mountain has richer color (red rock and lush green vegetation) and great views of the island, Lanai. The east side of the mountain is much more arid, something like hiking in Wyoming or Nebraska.
enlarge 34KB, 720x244 83 Haleakala Volcano Each morning and evening we were treated to a show of light and shadow, with the rising, or setting, sun casting a glow on the ancient volcano.
enlarge 70KB, 720x426 84 Kalama Beach Park, looking south-4703 If you look carefully you can see the cinder cone hill, Puu Olai, on the western tip of south Maui. It also goes by the local names "Red Hill" and "Earthquake Hill", due to an oral tradition that the earth shook when this cone erupted. It's quite a lava hill, at 340 feet high.
enlarge 161KB, 720x447 85 Crab & Moss I believe this is a Alamihi Crab. Not being an expert on crabs, or crabby people, you might want to educate me with a comment if you happen to know what it is. There were a lot of them on the lava rocks along the shore of Maalaea Bay.
enlarge 66KB, 640x425 86 Kalama Beach Park, looking north-4717
enlarge 83KB, 720x401 87 Kihei Cove
enlarge 66KB, 720x282 88 Kihei Cove & West Maui Mountain-
enlarge 137KB, 640x425 89 Arabesque Trees That's my title, since these trees have an arabesque character to their lines.
enlarge 164KB, 425x640 90 View of Puu Olai from Wailea Beach Park-
enlarge 48KB, 720x257 91 Pau Olai Puu Olai, on the western tip of south Maui is a cinder cone mount created by an eruption either in the 14th or 17th century, depending on whether you go by oral tradition, or scientific dating. It also goes by the local names "Red Hill" and "Earthquake Hill". Earthquake Hill, due to an oral tradition that the earth shook (which it probably did) when this cone was formed. It's quite a lava hill, at 340 feet high.
enlarge 55KB, 720x276 92 View of Kahoolawe from Kihei Cove-
enlarge 155KB, 720x364 93 Wailea Beach Park
enlarge 189KB, 640x569 94 View of Puu Olai from Wailea Beach Park
enlarge 49KB, 720x302 95 Haleakala Evening
enlarge 129KB, 640x406 96 Hanoapiilani Highway There are a number of similar tree shrouded roads on Maui.
enlarge 46KB, 640x409 97 Kahului Bay This view of Kahului, on the north shore of Maui, was taken just before we landed at Kahului Airport, visible in the foreground.
enlarge 38KB, 720x263 98 Maui Isthmus Aerial The cloud shrouds Western Maui Mountain, the older of the two volcanoes that make up Maui. The isthmus plain that separates the mountains is only about six miles across.
enlarge 53KB, 640x425 99 Maalaea Bay & Sugar Beach Aerial Kealia Pond is the large brownish colored water to the left of the beach. I was fortunate to have captured this photograph as were landing in Maui, without my knowing the significance of the location. It is part of the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, which covers 691 acres. A number of endangered species are found there.
enlarge 82KB, 640x527 100 Evening light from Maalaea Bay
enlarge 79KB, 640x425 101 Macadamia As best I could tell, this was a young Macadamia tree.
enlarge 70KB, 640x425 102 Evening in Maalaea Bay, with Kaho'olawe Island Kaho'olawe Island is about six miles off the shore of Maui.
enlarge 82KB, 640x425 103 Early Morning It must have been some storm that toppled this tree. I wish I knew how long it's weathered the constant waves that wash at it's limbs.
enlarge 105KB, 720x388 104 Glimpse of the Needle This view is as one approaches the needle from the trail on the opposite side of the river from the Needle parking area.
enlarge 108KB, 640x480 105 The Needle The Needle rises 1,200 feet from the river near it's base. Actually, if seen from the air it is a ridge. In 1790, the Battle of Kepaniwai took place at this location. Kamehameha the Great defeated Kalanikūpule and the Maui army to gain control of the islands.
enlarge 108KB, 720x436 106 The Needle Closeup The Needle is listed as a National Natural Landmark.
enlarge 121KB, 640x456 107 Maui Dove Maui's Spotted Dove is somewhat smaller than the Mourning doves on the continent. There are two types of doves on Maui, the Spotted Dove and the Zebra Dove.
enlarge 156KB, 640x427 108 Zebra Dove
enlarge 112KB, 720x423 109 Wailuku River After a rain in the mountains, this is a raging torrent of water.
enlarge 116KB, 640x626 110 Wailuku River Valley It's about half a mile up this river bed to get to the Needle. You don't want to walk up the river bed, however. A shower up in the mountains translates to a flash flood over these rocks.
enlarge 140KB, 640x409 111 Zebra Doves
enlarge 48KB, 720x295 112 Sugar Beach Sunrise Sugar Beach is on the northeast shore of Maalaea Bay. It can be accessed from a number of points long N. Kihei Road, or from the public park at Haycraft Park, at the end of Hauoli Street.
enlarge 43KB, 720x431 113 Haleakala Sunrise Haleakala is the name of the more recently active volcano on Maui. It's been an inactive volcano since, at least, the 17th Century, if not the 14th Century.
enlarge 49KB, 720x353 114 Haleakala Sunrise
enlarge 102KB, 640x425 115 Maalaea Sunrise This photograph was taken from Sugar Beach, on the north shore of Maalaea Bay.
enlarge 35KB, 720x212 116 Sugar Beach Sunrise The mountain in the background is West Maui Mountain, the product of the older volcano on Maui.
enlarge 147KB, 640x425 117 Barefoot on the Beach There must have been someone on Sugar Beach before me this morning, as the only other footprints were these. By the way, there are many beaches on Maui where it is not good to go barefoot, due to the small lava rocks.
enlarge 47KB, 720x278 118 Kealia Coastal Wetlands
enlarge 37KB, 720x201 119 Kealia Coastal Wetlands The southern end of West Mountains is reflected in this isthmus wetland pond.
enlarge 50KB, 720x322 120 Kealia Costal Wetlands
enlarge 52KB, 720x319 121 Kealia Coastal Wetlands
enlarge 73KB, 720x409 122 Kealia Coastal Wetlands
enlarge 39KB, 720x282 123 Sugar Beach
enlarge 38KB, 720x227 124 Maui Isthmus from Highway 37 If you do the Hana Highway drive backward (counter clockwise),this scene is about an hour out of Kahului, which you can see at the far right of photograph. If you decide to follow the guide books recommendation to not drive the second half the Highway to Hana, past Hana, I highly recommend that you drive the route counter-clockwise until you reach the bad roads on Piilani Highway on the south side of Maui. The views are spectacular.
enlarge 63KB, 640x412 125 Kanaio Nature Area On highway 31, also called Piilani highway, in south Maui. There is another 31/Piilani highway that runs along the west coast of South Moui.Though close together, you cannot get from one to the other 31/Piilani Highway directly. What appears to be a burned out area is a large lava field, the remnants of volcanic activity possibly as recent as the 18th Century, but more likely from the 15th Century.
enlarge 43KB, 720x280 126 Kaho'olawe from Maui From highway 37 looking west.
enlarge 36KB, 720x213 127 Maui Isthmus
enlarge 59KB, 720x311 128 Kaho'olawe & Molokini Islands Little Molokini Island, which appears to be a small caldera to the right side of this photograph, is a popular scuba diving and snorkeling area. Kaho'olawe, the large island in the center, background, was used a bombing practice site until about 1990. It is uninhabited.
enlarge 53KB, 720x281 129 Highway 37 Hillside
enlarge 41KB, 720x245 130 Ranch on Highway 37
enlarge 67KB, 720x428 131 Maui Sail Surfers I'm impressed by the sail surfers. They are talented athletes, as changing direction involves stepping around the sail, without being knocked off the board, as it swings 180 degrees.
enlarge 27KB, 720x240 132 Maui Plain between the Mountains This photograph was taken from about halfway up Haleakala Crater. The reason Maui is called the Valley Isle is because of this large plain between the northwest and southeast volcano ranges, along with the numerous valleys that have been cut through the mountains by erosion.
enlarge 27KB, 720x164 133 Maalaea Harbor
enlarge 38KB, 720x389 134 Highway to Haleakala This photograph was taken from the isthmus plain, as one approaches the road that switchbacks up the mountain.
enlarge 55KB, 720x299 135 Haleakala Crater
enlarge 54KB, 720x349 136 Haleakala Crater
enlarge 52KB, 720x251 137 Kaleakala Crater with Observaion Deck
enlarge 39KB, 720x273 138 Haleakala Crater 5
enlarge 52KB, 640x425 139 One of the cones inside of the crater.
enlarge 54KB, 720x364 140 Pu'u o Maui Cone The larger cone is the tallest one inside the crater.
enlarge 41KB, 640x425 141 Pu'u o Maui Cone & Hanakauhi
enlarge 26KB, 720x280 142 Hawaii, the Big Island In this photograph from Maui, you can see the two volcanic mountains on the big island of Hawaii. The red formation in the foreground is part of the crater at the top of Haleakala.
enlarge 42KB, 720x257 143 Maui Isthmus
enlarge 152KB, 640x525 144 Eucalyptus Trees
enlarge 116KB, 415x640 145 Banyan Tree Kepaniwai Park
enlarge 51KB, 640x425 146 Wind Surfing
enlarge 37KB, 640x408 147 Wind Surfing
enlarge 43KB, 720x398 148 Wind Surfing
enlarge 61KB, 640x425 149 View from Ali'i Kula, Lavender Garden That's the Maui West Mountain in the distance.
enlarge 50KB, 720x269 150 View from Lavender Gardens
enlarge 53KB, 720x292 151 View from Lavendar Gardens
enlarge 25KB, 720x196 152 View from Lavender Gardens
enlarge 85KB, 640x425 153 View from Lavender Gardens
enlarge 97KB, 640x425 154 View from Lavender Gardens
enlarge 64KB, 720x278 155 Field of Lavender
enlarge 49KB, 720x278 156 Ma'alaea Bay & Haleakala Crater Sunset-Edit The little hill on the right, in the distance, is one of the more recent volcanic disturbances, sometime between the 1400's and the 1700's, creating this mound of volcanic rock and red dirt. It's Hawaiian name is Pu'u Ola'l (Earthquake Hill), due to oral history of the ground shaking as the lava was forced to the surface. Today, locals call it "Red Hill".
enlarge 51KB, 720x266 157 Ma'aleae Bay & West Maui Mountain Note the wind farm climbing up the hill.
enlarge 52KB, 720x445 158 Sugar Beach, Maalaea Looking toward the south and the base of Haleakala volcano, from Sugar Beach on the side of Ma'alaea Bay
enlarge 61KB, 720x317 159 Ma'aleae Bay from Sugar Beach
enlarge 29KB, 720x204 160 Sunset from the Balcony Looking southerly, as the sunset on the horizon isn't visible from this part of Maalaea Bay.
enlarge 33KB, 720x259 161 Haleakala Sunset
enlarge 49KB, 720x272 162 Ho'okipa Beach This is a world class surfing, sail surfing, and kite boarding beach. Note the sail surfers in the distance.
enlarge 73KB, 720x431 163 Wailuku River The famous "Needle" is about one-half mile up river from this location.
enlarge 100KB, 640x624 164 Wailuku River
enlarge 61KB, 640x425 165 Iao Valley
enlarge 89KB, 640x425 166 Iao Valley
enlarge 177KB, 640x624 167 Iao Valley
enlarge 43KB, 720x241 168 Iao Valley The low clouds which mask the tops of the mountains are typical in Maui, particularly as the day wears on.
enlarge 54KB, 720x266 169 Iao Valley
enlarge 150KB, 640x545 170 Chicken & Chicks Chickens run free all over Mauli
enlarge 28KB, 720x168 171 Halealkala & Sunflowers The sunflowers were past their prime and nearly ready to harvest.
enlarge 52KB, 720x226 172 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
enlarge 55KB, 720x288 173 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Notice the partial rainbow in the distance.
enlarge 54KB, 720x285 174 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge This protected marshland, on Maui, is very similar to the lakes and meadows in the Nebraska Sandhills...and the wind blows at both locations much of the time.
enlarge 47KB, 720x275 175 Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
enlarge 98KB, 720x356 176 Hana Highway Waterfall
enlarge 121KB, 720x392 177 Hana Highway Waterfall
enlarge 37KB, 720x247 178 Ho'okipa Beach In this panorama photograph you can't see them very well, but there were a least a dozen wind surfers riding the rather large waves at this favorite wind sailing and surfing location.
enlarge 31KB, 720x198 179 West Maui Mountains The plane between the two ancient volcanic mountains that define the shape and origin of Maui.
enlarge 49KB, 720x267 180 Maui Meadow There are a lot of cattle on Maui. You'll find some of them on the roads, as the cattle are not not necessarily fenced off from the roads. That's another reason to drive slowly on the southern stretch of Hana Highway. This meadow is located near the beginning of Hana Highway, before you reach the mountain.
enlarge 69KB, 720x363 181 Ho'okipa Beach Park
enlarge 60KB, 720x266 182 West Mountain, Maui with sugar cane field
enlarge 51KB, 720x332 183 Ho'okipa Beach Park
enlarge 53KB, 640x425 184 Lana'i Island at Sunset
enlarge 32KB, 720x224 185 Lana'i from Maui
enlarge 31KB, 720x260 186 Lana'i Sunset with Sailboat The island on the left is off the west coast of Maui.
enlarge 25KB, 720x177 187 Haleakala Mountain at Sunset May 20 Haleakala is the volcano that formed the southern part of Maui.
enlarge 43KB, 640x425 188 Lana'i, Gas Light, & Sailboat
