Outcrop of volcaniclastic rock near Kahakuloa village, west Maui. Probably from an debris flow associated with the eruption of the volcanic center at Kahakuloa Head.
A converted school bus now sells local snacks at the pull-out overlooking Kahakuloa Head, west Maui.
The beach front at Kahakuloa Village, west Maui. The roadcut for the Kahekili Highway can be seen on the hillside in the upper-left corner of the picture. From this point on until you round Kahekili Point and head toward Kahului, the settlements are smaller than this and are far-and-few-between.
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.
The church at the mauka end of Kahakuloa Village, west Maui. Kahakuloa Head looms in the background.
The village church, Kahakuloa, west Maui.
No place to surf here! Exposed reef along the headlands of the North Shore near Kahakuloa Village, west Maui.
Outcrop of volcaniclastic rock near Kahakuloa village, west Maui. Probably from an debris flow associated with the eruption of the volcanic center at Kahakuloa Head.
Outcrop of volcaniclastic rock near Kahakuloa village, west Maui. Probably from an debris flow associated with the eruption of the volcanic center at Kahakuloa Head.
Outcrop of volcaniclastic rock near Kahakuloa village, west Maui. Probably from an debris flow associated with the eruption of the volcanic center at Kahakuloa Head.
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