Kalahaku Overlook and road turn out, Haleakala National Park on Maui. NATIONAL PARK. Semi film friendly...Requires Ranger supervision and adequate time to permit with minimal fees. Extreme terrain at 10,00 foot elevation. No helicopter over flights or mountain biking is allowed, ever.

  This is the first lookout from the crater rim. Well above the normal cloud cover. View into the crater is to the east direction on the left of frame to south to the right of frame and the cinder cone area (small volcanoes inside the main crater) The last image 16 images are the turn out area is above the Kalahaku area, near the summit and the House of the Sun, facing south. No view into crater from roadbed except from high elevation just before the summit visitor center. Also an endangered bird habitat so they are sensitive to non impacted areas and severely limit off trail staging areas. AMAZING vistas and visually spectacular  location. There are trails that go into the crater form the rim and from Sliding sands trail. Most images shot with a 8mm focal length (approx a 38mm lens on a 35mm camera) Sony DSC-P9 digital camera.