15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Maui sugar cane fire meets tradewinds for a mushroom cloud effect

Twas a long and crazy night. Dawn over Haleakala, the dormant 10,000 foot volcano brought us out to the edge of the sea cliffs. After living on Maui 20 years, I had never seen the harvest smoke from the cane fields get caught in the upper atmosphere; producing this enormous mushroom cloud

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Wailuku, Hawaii, United States of America
Camera: CYBERSHOT
Copyright: © Mark Dantonio