Waimea Canyon

Waimea Canyon, on Kauai's West Side, is described as "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific." Although not as big or as old as its Arizona cousin, you won’t encounter anything like this geological wonder in Hawaii. Stretching 14 miles long, one mile wide and more than 3,600 feet deep, the Waimea Canyon Lookout provides panoramic views of crested buttes, rugged crags and deep valley gorges. The grand inland vistas go on for miles.

This was taken from a lookout on the ground but we did fly over the area in the helicopter as well.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful landscape shot

[gloria jones]

Stunning photo of this wonderful canyon...great layers, colors, textures and pov

[Catherine P]

Gorgeous landscape and capture

[Ann Williams]

That is an incredible landscape.

[Lisa Poland]

Wow! Beautiful!

[Taffy]

Stunning landscape! When I was there, it was so foggy that I didn't get a sense of the strong structures and color tones. So glad you shared it! It makes me want to go back.

[Sally Ings]

Stunning view. Must have been beautiful from the air.

[Lynda McG]

Fantastic view - fav!

[Margaret Brown]

What a fantastic view, fav

[Beryl Lloyd]

Waw!! Such a stunning scenery

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful capture of this beautiful landscape!

[haskar]

Beautiful landscape shot

[Joan Robillard]

Amazing

[Judith Johnson]

Wow - fabulous scenery

[Pyrrhula]

Amazing view, beautiful captured.

[ChristineL]

Looks amazing!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Amazing shot

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Chris Johnson]

This "Grand Canyon" has a lot more green than the original one. Thanks so much for giving us this spectacular view!!

[Margo]

fav

[Lynne]

Wonderful shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love the colors and shapes and textures. Fav!

[Lou Ann]

This is spectacular! Fav!

[Milanie]

Beautiful - what a sight!

[Jane Pittenger]

I love this though, if you are open to a suggestion for a potential other shot...how about cropping off the sky. To my eye it doesn't add anything

[KWind]

@jgpittenger Thank you for the suggestion... you're totally right. I've changed my original so my photo book will have a cropped, skyless version.

[Jane Pittenger]

Glad you like the idea

[Issi Bannerman]

Glorious shades of rust and green.

[Susie]

Beautiful scenic shot

[Nicole Campbell]

Amazing scenery and the contrast in colours is superb

[Caroline]

This is just so beautiful! Wonderful!

[Jerome]

beautiful landscape!

[Jane Morley]

I'd love to see this. Magnificent.

[Louise & Ken]

This is a gorgeous photo and a beautiful vista! We felt fortunate to see it by helicopter, but didn't see it from ground level. I must go looking for the B&W photo I have of my parents there in the early 50s!