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A view of the fabulous Haleakala Crater, taken at Kalahaku Lookout at sunrise. Crater is three miles wide and seven miles long, and contains cinder cones rising from its floor which are as high as Guam’s mountains

World famous and rare – the silversword is seen here in its natural setting – dry, desert-like volcanic soil. Plant in background has blosson stalk, partially gone to see

An article by Janet Candland. Candland recounts her visit to the Haleakala volcano so that she can watch the sunrise at the peak, which was made famous by Mark Twain as the ‘House of the Sun.’