Haleakala House of the Sun

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

Title

Haleakala House of the Sun

Artist

Venetia Featherstone-Witty

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Haleakalā National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaiʻi. The park covers an area of 33,265 acres of which 19,270 acres is a wilderness area. In 2000 the name was changed by the Hawaiian National Park Language Correction Act of 2000 observing the Hawaiian spelling.The English translation is "house of the sun". The park features the dormant Haleakalā (East Maui) Volcano, which last erupted sometime between 1480 and 1600 AD.The main feature of this part of the park is undoubtedly the famous Haleakalā Crater. It is huge: 6.99 miles (11.25 km) across, 2.0 mi (3.2 km) wide, and some 2,600 ft (790 m) deep. The interior of the crater is dotted by numerous volcanic features, including large cinder cones. Each morning, visitors come to the summit of the volcano to watch the spectacular sunrise. More visitors come each afternoon to watch the equally amazing sunset. One attraction of the park is Hosmer's Grove, a unique forest of alien trees including deodar (Cedrus deodara) from the Himalayas, sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) from Japan, eucalyptus from Australia, and several species from North America (pine, spruce, cypress, fir, and others). Native plants and trees are also present in the forest but are not very common due to the little light available (because of the taller alien trees).
FEATURED 11/2/14 in "Premium FAA Artists"
FEATURED 1/30/15 in "Three A Day AAA Images"
FEATURED 2/1/15 IN "The Collectors Gallery"
FEATURED 7/4/17 in "Travel Art"
FEATURED 7/10/17 in "World Landscape Lover's Of Art"

Uploaded

October 27th, 2014

Statistics

Viewed 1,072 Times  -  Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/16/2024 at 3:49 AM

Colors

Embed

Share

Sales Sheet

Tags