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Starry night over a coconut tree. (Click on images to enlarge) Many people have told me and Ann, “If Stan is in Maui, he has to take The Road to Hana!” A return trip to the Kipahulu section of Haleakala was in my plans, so this past Monday…

Youshikazu Yamauchi points out stars with a green laser for his “Maui All-Stars” star gazing tour. (Click on image to enlarge). The great thing about being in a national park is that you meet all sorts of visitors who come for all sorts of reasons. Three times I’ve…

Our galaxy with a silhouetted lava formation. (click on images to enlarge) Blog reader Lois said it best in a comment to the last post: “… I sense that all of the senses are keenly awakened by what you are experiencing in this unique adventure.” She is so…

Me and my shadow hiking out of the crater.(Click on images to enlarge) If you are reading this, I’ve made it out of the crater alive! It was quite an adventure, hiking into and out of the Haleakala volcano going from 7,990 feet in elevation to 6,940 feet…

Mahalo for all the comments! I forgot to mention, if you click on the photos you get a bigger version with more detail. Up until today it’s been very windy at the summit area. Often a big cloud will come in from the east and suddenly it’s like…

View from the bunkhouse on a sunny Thursday morning. In the middle of the week I traveled to Kipahulu, the area of the park that is on the ocean. It is an entirely different ecosystem as you can imagine. It is at the base of the Haleakala mountain…

Sun halo at the summit. Haleakala means “House of the Sun” from a tale of the demigod Maui who lassoed the sun and got it to go slower across the sky. While at the summit of the mountain yesterday, I looked up to see a giant halo surrounding…

Hello all, I have the honor to serve as the 2019 artist-in-residence at Haleakala National Park in Maui. Haleakala is an incredible park, ranging from sea level to 10,000 feet in altitude at the summit of the dormant volcano. I’ll be here for the month of March, for…

Thanks to everyone at the SHAPE Gallery in Shippensburg, PA and Ann for a successful reception on April 6. Just getting around to posting photos of the evening. The exhibit looked great, it was hung nicely with really good lighting, thanks to Kurt. All at the gallery worked…

Announcing a show of the night sky work at SHAPE Gallery in Shippensburg, PA. Thanks to Joshua, Kurt and Mark at the gallery for helping put the exhibit together at this very nice community gallery. We had a small show at SHAPE last April of work from students…