Iao Valley is a  Lush stream-cut valley in West Maui. In Hawaiian   Iao means "cloud supreme" and is the second wettest spot in Hawaii receiving up 386 inches of rain a year. The needle is an extension of and surrounded by the cliff of the West Maui Mountains.

Photographer: Vincent Khoury Tylor
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