Holy Haleakala! - The face of beauty


	Holy Haleakala! - The face of beauty

JohnWaterman

2-6-2009 6:49 AM

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JohnWaterman says:

Click on the flickr link for the large version showing all those wonderful background galaxies.

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2-6-2009 9:21 PM

Kreuzberg-Jakob

thanks for clipping!
before I came to Clipmarks, I read a lot of astronomy, geo-sciences and meteorology. Now I often not have enough time! Here are so many nice or serious Clips! But if I find links with such nice pics - I remember pronto!

Nice weekend to you and all others!

2-7-2009 3:54 AM

merrie

I used to live on the north-west of Haleakala crater. I could look out my kitchen window in the winter and see
the summit covered with snow.

2-7-2009 3:56 AM

merrie

Thank you for clipping all the wonderful photos John, they kinda' put me in my Zen mode.

2-7-2009 10:48 AM

tanyamm

They are beautiful.

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