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Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
The last thing visitors see before hiking down to the rocky pools are a sign and memorial warning of past visitors who have died here.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
It's possible to view the pools from further up, however reaching the pools requires a slippery scramble down loose slick stones.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
View of the Maui coastline from above Olivine Pools.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
Sunrise over the lava shelf pools.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
The pools fill a stone shelf perched above the crashing ocean waves.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
Taking in Olivine Pools at dawn.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
Maui's Olivine Pools.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
At higher tide, the surf pounds against the rock shelf - washing over and filling the pools.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
Olivine Pools.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
06/09/2021
Olivine Pools.