Few people know this place…..the west end of Big Beach in Makena, Maui. A trail over the cliffs leads to Little Beach, the clothing optional cove with waters equally if not more appealing than those in this image.

The tan wet sand like a million mini gemstones enlivens the bare feet. The warm azure mineral water welcomes sea bathers and clouds filter sunlight making soft shadows while the wind is gentle and the waves asleep.

Big Beach can be a wildly agitated heavy pounding display of nature.  Huge waves rolling into a crashing explosion of salty whitewater rushing up the sand bank in a frothy frenzy and then, spent, roll back into the source.

Little Beach hides away behind the lava rock away from parking lots. Old molten now frozen fire, sharp cutting stone cold and unforgiving opens a rugged stairway up above the big beach and over down into paradise.

Light, earth, air and, of course, the holy water of the whole world. In a corner of the globe shaped by natural forces and brain chemistry the elements come together and present to all senses the natural world.