Haleakala Cowboy
by Rick Shea
Title
Haleakala Cowboy
Artist
Rick Shea
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A major attraction on the Hawaiian island of Maui is watching the sunrise from the top of Haleakala, a dormant but not yet extinct volcano that last erupted in 1790. At over 10,000 ft. above sea level, it is often obscured by or above the clouds. The weather changes quickly here and can be hazardous.
April 2006, after sunrise, I hiked down into the barren landscape of the crater, which in fact is not a crater, but rather a valley created by wind and rain erosion over the millennia. After descending to the 9,000 foot level, the clouds rolled in, I put back on the three layers of clothing that the sun caused me to remove, and slowly climbed up out of the crater. On my way out, I spotted this scene through a break in the clouds below me.
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September 14th, 2014
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