The scene could be from northeastern New Mexico, or imaginations of fictional Middle Earth’s drylands. Quite the contrast it always is, when fog rolls over semidesert scrubland. Magnify the notion when realizing this is on the tropical island of Hawaii. The landscape lies just over the ridge from the “wet side” facing the northeasterly tradewinds; however, on this day, south-southwest flow brought upslope clouds and rain to the west-facing “Kona side” and the middle of the island, as here on the south slopes of Mauna Kea. Huikau, the cinder cone here, rises 7,329 feet above sea level, and is associated with with Mauna Kea.
18 SSW Umikoa HI (25 Sep 25) Looking ESE
19.7124, -155.4475