Airborne Maui; November 2018
Maui means airtime, now that Matson and P&O are no longer realistic options for passengers. It is a long haul, and the travel time hasn't changed much since jet service to the Islands first began, about 60 years ago. But anticipation builds as the hours pass and dramatic mid-Pacific clouds preview tropical weather.
EF4A9955
Puffy white billows look like balloon animals
EF4A9958
Dropping in over Makena Beach, beneath cumulus
EF4A9975
The Pacific shimmers below.
EF4A9979
Depending on weather, the approach to OGG passes over the wind turbines.
EF4A9981
This approach overflies Kahalui before dropping down over the old cane fields.
EF4A9969
EF4A9971
Eventually Maui time must end, and air time starts again. Here, climbing out over Maui surf.
EF4A1819
EF4A1824
Late in the year, the sun sets long before the approach to Anchorage.
EF4A1841
Comments
After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.