Thanks, Dave. I have photographed the needle several times in the past, but since it is in a rain forest, it is usually covered in mist and backed by solid clouds. This day was quite special.
The valley floor is about 1,000 feet above sea level, and the needle rises about 1200 feet above the valley. Behind the needle is Puʻu Kukui, which is 5800 feet above sea level, and the second wettest spot in Hawai'i, getting almost 400 inches of rain a year. I suspect the cliffs immediately behind the needle rise about 2,000 feet above the valley floor, and at least 1,000 feet above the top of the needle. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:12 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15111392 > > Nice photo of an amazing landscape. I haven't seen sky like that for a > couple of weeks despite it supposedly being summer. Those vertical cliffs in > the background are fascinating... how tall are they? > > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
