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West Maui Sunset

West Maui Sunset

A voggy horizon and partly cloudy night make for a gorgeous blue and orange sunset in West Maui.

Vog, a shortened term for volcanic fog, sometimes makes its way from Hawaii’s Big Island across the channel to Maui and occasionally as far as Oahu.

Hawaii’s active volcano produce several hundreds of tons of vog each day. Depending on the wind, the vog is usually limited to the west side of the Big Island and then blown out to sea.