“Haleakala being a moderate threat is not at the top of the USGS list for adding instrumentation, but it is certainly not forgotten.” Volcano observatory officials travel to Maui every few ...

The volcanic activity that began building Haleakala started about 2 million years ago, the volcano observatory said. Maui’s other main mountain, the West Maui Mountains, is considered extinct.

Susan Seubert Entering Haleakala Crater, the enormous mouth of Maui’s largest volcano, in the Hawaiian Islands, feels like an exercise in sensory deprivation. At the crater floor, a desolate ...

It sounds weird, but snow in Hawaii isn't unusual at all. That's because the islands have mountains. It even occasionally happens on a Maui shield volcano.

A view of the sun setting below the clouds on the top of Haleakala, a volcano on the island of Maui in Hawaii. (Kelsey Jukam/Courthouse News) (CN) — A Maui court has ruled that the historic Haleakala ...

Sharael Kolberg As a top attraction on Maui, Haleakala National Park is home to a dormant volcano crater with its desert-like landscape, sacred sites and a waterfall-laden tropical oasis near the ...

Read more about Haleakala: http://j.mp/ufv44s The Hawaiian volcano, with its unique vegetation and meditative winds, has a spiritual connection to the native ...