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Captured this offshore near Māʻalaea Bay looking toward the West Maui mountains during golden hour.

If you’re visiting Maui and want a different perspective of the island, sunset sails around Māʻalaea can be surprisingly beautiful — especially when the mountains start catching the last light of the day. The coastline looks completely different from the water.

This was one of those evenings where the ocean stayed calm just long enough for the light and clouds to line up perfectly.

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What caught my attention here was how the tree seemed shaped almost entirely by years of salt wind coming off the channel.

Most people walk this shoreline looking out toward the ocean, but I kept turning back toward the trees growing directly out of the lava rock. The shapes almost feel sculpted over time.

South Maui, Hawaii.

Zoom lense, same turtle I posted yesterday.

A lot of people visit Maui, Hawaii for the beaches, but some of my favorite places are actually higher up in the pasturelands of Upcountry Maui.

I stopped here while driving above the South Maui coast and ended up watching clouds roll across the channel toward Kahoʻolawe for almost an hour. Molokini Crater is the small crescent-shaped island below in the water.

The elevation changes on Maui are wild. You can go from warm beaches to cool green hillsides with views like this in a pretty short drive. [OC]