This part of the island is dominated by the cloud-capped heights of the West Maui Mountains, the other member of the pair of volcanoes (which includes Haleakala) responsible for the formation of Maui.
Kahakuloa Head (Pu'u Koa'e) from the Kahekili Highway -- The waters of Kahakuloa Bay are in the foreground. The hill is an eroded pale-white trachyte lava dome formed during cycles of quiet flows alternating with explosive eruptions of cinders.
Kahakuloa Head (Pu'u Koa'e) from the Kahekili Highway -- The waters of Kahakuloa Bay are in the foreground. The hill is an eroded pale-white trachyte lava dome formed during cycles of quiet flows alternating with explosive eruptions of cinders.
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