Big Bowl of Nothing the crater before me is more than large enough to accommodate the entire city or Manhattan, with the height of the Empire State Building reaching to less than half the height of the walls of the steep-sided bowl. There is no city in the hole. There is nothing in the hole ~ nothing! This view is the best depiction of nothing I have ever seen. There is no vegetation. There are no visible animals ~ no roads ~ no buildings ~ nothing. It is a desolate brownish gray wasteland. Geologically, this huge depression is known as a caldera. A caldera is formed when a violent eruption occurs at the peak of a volcanic
Sunrise from atop Haleakala. cone and then settles back, sinks down and solidifies as a bowl shape. Unless geography or geomorphology is a personal passion, there is not much here at the rim of the crater to appreciate. The air is thin and clear. The wind is harsh and cold. A greater appreciation is realized when considering that this dormant volcanic mountain accounts
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