The exposed interior walls of a large volcanic cinder cone at mile marker 36 on the Honoapi'ilani Highway near Kapalua, west Maui. The prominent thin layers of rock mark individual eruptions of volcanic ash and cinders during the formation of the cone.
The dark-red rocks exposed on this cliff face are in the interior of a large volcanic cinder cone that was eroded by wave action, exposing the wall of the cone. Honokahau Bay at mile marker 35 on the Honoapi'ilani Highway just south of Kapalua, west Maui. (See next photo for a more detailed view.)
The exposed interior walls of a large volcanic cinder cone at mile marker 36 on the Honoapi'ilani Highway near Kapalua, west Maui. The prominent thin layers of rock mark individual eruptions of volcanic ash and cinders during the formation of the cone.
The exposed interior walls of a large volcanic cinder cone at mile marker 36 on the Honoapi'ilani Highway near Kapalua, west Maui. The prominent thin layers of rock mark individual eruptions of volcanic ash and cinders during the formation of the cone.
The exposed interior walls of a large volcanic cinder cone at mile marker 36 on the Honoapi'ilani Highway near Kapalua, west Maui. The prominent thin layers of rock mark individual eruptions of volcanic ash and cinders during the formation of the cone.
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