Maui
as seen from space
Photo courtesy of NASA
The major landforms of Maui are featured in this photograph—the well-entrenched radial drainage pattern of Puukukui Volcano [5,788 feet (1764 meters)] at the west-northwest end of the island to Red Hill and Haleakala Crater [10 023 feet (3055 meters)] at the south end.
Throughout the island, shield
volcanoes dominate the landscape. The large cultivated field patterns of the
inter-montane valley are discernible. Kahoolawe is the small island just off the
southwest coast of Maui.
This photo was taken on the STS-26
(Space Shuttle) mission in October of 1988.
return to Hawaii from Space Photo Gallery
