It's like you're standing on the edge of the world ! And, that's a great shot using a camera phone, you should see mine !

If you can get this kind of shot with your camera, then you certainly were in heaven. Lovely shot of a great scene. ")

♥PJ♥

Thanks, I'll try to upload another Maui shot later. Upcountry is most certainly Heaven, or about as close as one can get without actually meeting your maker. It is much cooler here, and has an interesting mix of tropical forests with woods you'd find on the Mainland, with gorgeous tropical flowers thrown in for color. Haleakala itself is the home of a working ranch, observatories, and a National Park. If you go all the way up (10k+ feet elevation) there is a trype of sunflower found ONLY at Haleakala, and NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD!! Getting to the summit, however, requires stops every 2k feet elevation for your body to get used to the altitude...but once up there, you can see an amazing sunrise then bicycle all the way down to the bottom (which I did NOT do, as bikes and I don't get along well).