Minolta XG-9 to Maui | Island View Haleakala, a dormant 10,023 foot volcano on the east side of Maui, provides numerous breathtaking landscapes and skyscapes. This image looks southwest from Haleakala toward Maui’s central valley coast, the West Maui Mountains, and the island of Lanai, west of Maui. For the whole story with all images, see Minolta XG-9 to Maui | a 7 Image Story..
Minolta XG-9 to Maui | Sugar Cane Fields Maui is such a beautiful island, it’s hard to think about crops. The sugar cane fields dominate the southern slopes of west Maui. Notice the almost ever present clouds on the mountain tops. The West Maui Mountains are also called West Maui Volcano or Mauna Kahalawai. Mauna Kahalawai means “holding house of water” which relates to the huge amount of annual rainfall in the mountain tops. The mountains are made from a highly eroded extinct shield volcano; approximately 1.7 million years old. For the whole story with all images, see Minolta XG-9 to Maui | a 7 Image Story.
Minolta XG-9 to Maui | Rainbow Maui is known for it’s rainbows. It seems like there’s a rainbow everyday. Rain clouds frequent the tops of the west Maui mountains. Sometimes, the rain in the mountains will blow onto the beach while the beach remains sunny. You can sunbath in rain drops and get a sunburn. One night, when driving back from dinner after dark, a rainbow made by a full moon and mountain clouds could be seen for miles. It wasn’t very colorful, but was clearly a rainbow. For the whole story with all images, see Minolta XG-9 to Maui | a 7 Image Story.
Minolta XG-9 to Maui | a 7 Image Story My first trip to Maui was also my first trip with my new Minolta XG-9 SLR camera. The XG-9 replaced my SRT-102 as my top camera. The SRT-102 was a great camera and a hard act to follow. The XG-9 was smaller and a bit easier to use. It performed quite well in Maui, even though it was new to its photographer.
Maui is known for it’s rainbows. It seems like there’s a rainbow everyday. Rain clouds frequent the tops of the west Maui mountains. Sometimes, the rain in the mountains will blow onto the beach while the beach remains sunny. You can sunbath in rain drops and get a sunburn. One night, when driving back from dinner after dark, a rainbow made by a full moon and mountain clouds could be seen for miles. It wasn’t very colorful, but was clearly a rainbow.
Maui is such a beautiful island, it’s hard to think about crops. The sugar cane fields dominate the southern slopes of west Maui. Notice the almost ever present clouds on the mountain tops. The West Maui Mountains are also called West Maui Volcano or Mauna Kahalawai. Mauna Kahalawai means “holding house of water” which relates to the huge amount of annual rainfall in the mountain tops. The mountains are made from a highly eroded extinct shield volcano; approximately 1.7 million years old.
Haleakala is the world’s largest dormant volcano. At 10,023 feet tall on the east side of Maui, it provides numerous breathtaking landscapes and skyscapes. Haleakala means “house of the sun” in Hawaiian. Sunrise on Haleakala may be the most spectacular sunrise on earth. Near the summit, the Haleakala Crater offers hours of hiking in a colorful, sculpted cinder desert. There are many hiking trails offering solitude with scenic vistas through sub-alpine shrub land, cloud forest, and cinder desert.
For more information on the Minolta XG-9 camera, please see Minolta XG-9 Camera.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Minolta XG-9 to Maui.
Click any image below for a slide show!
Flying to Alaska | Brooks Range North Slope Before taking off from Fairbanks, ATIS said visibility was 100 miles. Actually after airborne and heading into the Brooks Range, visibility must have been 200-300 miles. It was clearest day I have ever seen. This image looks back at the Brooks Range from the North Slope. Anaktuvuk Pass with a large gravel runway lies between mountains down the pass a bit. For the whole story with all images, see Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story.
Flying to Alaska | Denali thru Clouds Denali tends to be shrouded in clouds quite often. This image was captured enroute to Mount McKinley Airport; now called Denali Airport. Landing at Denali Airport took flying close to mountains and compensating for heavy downdrafts at the runway threshold. A few days later, the uphill takeoff cleared hills southwest of the airport by a hundred feet or so. For the whole story with all images, see Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story.
Flying to Alaska | Eagle River Eagle River area has some great day hikes and they’re pure Alaska. For the whole story with all images, see Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story.
Flying to Alaska | Glaciers Flying from Gulkana AK to Merrill Airport in Anchorage was the most beautiful flying in my life. This flight leg followed the Glenn Highway in the valley below as well as the Matanuska River. The height of the valley floor varied but was mostly less than 3000 MSL. Flying at VFR at 4500 or higher gave me plenty of altitude. The glacial mountains on both sides of this valley were over 8000 MSL with some over 11,000 MSL. For the whole story with all images, see Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story.
