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Hawaii - Maui - Weddings Activities Maui Printer Friendly Version Help us preserve the Islands. Tell our advertisers you found them on Alternative-Hawaii. WEDDINGS Coordinators | Photographers | Locations | Other Services COORDINATORS ABOVE HEAVEN'S GATE WATERFALL & BEACH WEDDINGS 41-1010 Laumilo Street Honolulu, HI 96795 (All Hawaiian Islands) Tel. (808) 259-5429 or 1-800-800-2WED (toll free) Fax 1-888-463-6933 (toll free) Email: Howie@hawaiiweddings.com Capt. Howie performs weddings at spectacular waterfalls in private tropical gardens. Our other locations include pristine beaches and sailing to off-shore islands. Our exotic parrots attend your ceremony as witnesses. Photo ALL WAYS MAUI'D WEDDINGS & SEVENTH WAVE PHOTOGRAPHICS P. O. Box 817 Puunene, HI 96784 (Island of Maui) Tel. (808) 244-1167 or Toll-free 1-877-90-MAUID (6-2843) Email: weddings@maui-angels.com A non-denominational Maui Weddings ministry providing its clients with charming island-theme ceremonies, romantic vow renewals and affordable photography packages since 1996. Photo ENCHANTED WEDDINGS OF MAUI P. O. Box 1481 Puunene, HI 96784 (Island of Maui) Tel. (808) 875-8838 or 1-800-648-8697 Email: enchantedweddings@hawaii.rr.com Creating Maui memories since 1994! Perfection is our specialty. We will help you create a wedding that is uniquely yours. Photo HAWAIIAN ISLAND WEDDING PLANNERS (Islands of Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Kauai & Lanai) Tel. (805) 279-8474 Fax (805) 480-0873 Email: weddings@hawaiianweddings.net Dedicated to planning your romantic dream wedding or vow renewal in Paradise. Personalized service on the Hawaiian Islands by experienced professionals. Happily Ever After should begin in Hawaii! Photo HAWAIIAN ISLAND WEDDINGS, INC. P. O. Box 2098 Kihei, HI 96753 (Islands of Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and Oahu) Tel. (808) 875-0350 or 1-800-368-5502 Fax (808) 874-9215 Email: weddings@maui.net Start your life together with a picture perfect Hawaiian Island Wedding. Serving all four major islands, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii and Oahu. "From the intimate to the ultimate." Photo KUHINA HAWAIIAN WEDDINGS AND BLESSINGS 987 Kapuhau Place Kihei, HI 96753 (All Hawaiian Islands) Tel. (808) 879-1499 or 1-888-KOKONUT Fax (808) 875-6887 Email: alalani@aloha.net Specializing in ancient Hawaiian protocol and the traditions of yesterday. Offering a variety of Hawaiian wedding packages - ceremonies range from traditional Christian to ancient Hawaiian. They can also create a custom ceremony or dream wedding or blessing just for you. Sessions in Hawaiian healing methods available. Photo MAUI WEDDINGS FROM THE HEART P. O. Box 329 Kihei, HI 96753 (Island of Maui) Tel. 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(808) 573-2029 or 1-866-343-3017 Fax (808) 573-2029 Email: sacredweddings@hawaii.rr.com A rare Hawaiian Wedding Company providing a variety of packages and services, with the emphasis on the atmosphere of 'sacredness' on your day of union. Also offering the choice of Spiritual, Contemporary, Traditional, Hawaiian and Interfaith Ceremonies with the freedom to customize where desired. Photo A SIMPLY ELEGANT WEDDING Kihei, HI (Island of Maui) Tel. (808) 874-7447 or 1-866-344-7447 (toll free) Email: asimplyelegantwedding@verizon.net At A Simply Elegant Wedding, we are committed to making Your Day, Your Way. We specialize in elegant and affordable events and are skilled at embracing your vision and making it a reality. The word "stress" is not in our vocabulary and we hope to take it out of yours! We never forget that it's all about you, so do call us toll free or visit us online. Photo WEDDINGS HAWAIIAN STYLE 188 Kamakoi Loop Kihei, HI 96753 (Island of Maui) Tel. 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(808) 874-1187 Fax (808) 874-0164 Email: crystals@maui.net Affordable, fun, romantic photography for all your needs. Weddings, family portraits and reunions, family documentaries. Photo Top LOCATIONS HAIKU PLANTATION INN 555 Haiku Road Haiku, HI 96708 (North Shore) Tel. (808) 575-7500 or (808) 298-6579 (cell) Fax (808) 575-9177 Email: haikuplantation@aol.com One of Maui's truly Hawaiian bed and breakfasts on 2 secluded tropical acres. A historic 1870's plantation estate offering five lovely guest suites. Hawaiian practitioners provide traditional wellness services. Wedding, vows and ceremonies performed. Continental breakfast served daily. Rates: $99 to $149 per night (3 night minimum stay). Photo PUA LEA ESTATE (Upcountry Maui) Tel. (808) 874-7447 or 1-866-344-7447 (toll free) Email: asimplyelegantwedding@verizon.net Featured in the 2003 summer edition of Pacific Rim Weddings, the tradewind caressed Pua Lea Estate is very private, surrounded by the ruins of one of Maui's first sugar mills. Now these stones are part of a lush botanical garden, draped with tropical vines and flowers. The estate is painstakingly maintained, while retaining the serenity and solitude of untouched nature. An exquisitely restored canehouse is available for the bride's dressing and make-up preparation and can be rented for the wedding night or honeymoon. Pua Lea is perfect for wedding parties of 2 to 100. Photo Top OTHER SERVICES TRAVEL TO PARADISE 305 Hahani Street, # 187 Kailua, HI 96734 (All Hawaiian Islands) Tel. 1-877-965-4358 (toll free) Fax 1-888-576-9650 (toll free) Email: aloha@traveltoparadise.com Let us share our Paradise with you. We have a feel for the islands that only comes from living here. All of the islands can fulfill your every wish, yet some offer special places to make your wedding or honeymoon even more memorable. Looking for a romantic hideaway? a location central for the whole family's fun? or the ultimate luxuries of a 5-star resort? Travel to Paradise can help you make the right decisions to turn your dreams into reality and ensure your travel is hassle-free. Photo Top Weddings "Friends" Listings Activities Index | Home Page Contact Us | Sponsor Join Us Form ©Ala Mua Hawaii 1997

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Hotspots [This Dynamic Earth, USGS] The vast majority of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur near plateboundaries, but there are some exceptions. For example, the Hawaiian Islands,which are entirely of volcanic origin, have formed in the middle of thePacific Ocean more than 3,200 km from the nearest plate boundary. How dothe Hawaiian Islands and other volcanoes that form in the interior of platesfit into the plate-tectonics picture? Space Shuttle photograph of the Hawaiian Islands, the southernmostpart of the long volcanic trail of the "Hawaiian hotspot" (seetext). Kauai is in the lower right corner (edge) and the Big Island of Hawaiiin the upper left corner. Note the curvature of the Earth (top edge). (Photographcourtesy of NASA.) In 1963, J. Tuzo Wilson, the Canadian geophysicist who discovered transformfaults, came up with an ingenious idea that became known as the "hotspot"theory. Wilson noted that in certain locations around the world, such asHawaii, volcanism has been active for very long periods of time. This couldonly happen, he reasoned, if relatively small, long-lasting, and exceptionallyhot regions -- called hotspots -- existed below the plates that wouldprovide localized sources of high heat energy (thermal plumes) tosustain volcanism. Specifically, Wilson hypothesized that the distinctivelinear shape of the Hawaiian Island-Emperor Seamounts chain resulted fromthe Pacific Plate moving over a deep, stationary hotspot in the mantle,located beneath the present-day position of the Island of Hawaii. Heat fromthis hotspot produced a persistent source of magma by partly melting theoverriding Pacific Plate. The magma, which is lighter than the surroundingsolid rock, then rises through the mantle and crust to erupt onto the seafloor,forming an active seamount. Over time, countless eruptions cause the seamountto grow until it finally emerges above sea level to form an island volcano.Wilson suggested that continuing plate movement eventually carries the islandbeyond the hotspot, cutting it off from the magma source, and volcanismceases. As one island volcano becomes extinct, another develops over thehotspot, and the cycle is repeated. This process of volcano growth and death,over many millions of years, has left a long trail of volcanic islands andseamounts across the Pacific Ocean floor. According to Wilson's hotspot theory, the volcanoes of the Hawaiian chainshould get progressively older and become more eroded the farther they travelbeyond the hotspot. The oldest volcanic rocks on Kauai, the northwesternmostinhabited Hawaiian island, are about 5.5 million years old and are deeplyeroded. By comparison, on the "Big Island" of Hawaii -- southeasternmostin the chain and presumably still positioned over the hotspot -- the oldestexposed rocks are less than 0.7 million years old and new volcanic rockis continually being formed. Above: Artist's conception of the movement of the PacificPlate over the fixed Hawaiian "Hot Spot," illustrating the formationof the Hawaiian Ridge-Emperor Seamount Chain. (Modified from a drawing providedby Maurice Krafft, Centre de Volcanologie, France). Below: J. TuzoWilson's original diagram (slightly modified), published in 1963, to showhis proposed origin of the Hawaiian Islands. (Reproduced with permissionof the Canadian Journal of Physics .) The possibility that the Hawaiian Islands become younger to the southeastwas suspected by the ancient Hawaiians, long before any scientific studieswere done. During their voyages, sea-faring Hawaiians noticed the differencesin erosion, soil formation, and vegetation and recognized that the islandsto the northwest (Niihau and Kauai) were older than those to the southeast(Maui and Hawaii). This idea was handed down from generation to generationin the legends of Pele, the fiery Goddess of Volcanoes. Pele originallylived on Kauai. When her older sister Namakaokahai, the Goddess of the Sea,attacked her, Pele fled to the Island of Oahu. When she was forced by Namakaokahaito flee again, Pele moved southeast to Maui and finally to Hawaii, whereshe now lives in the Halemaumau Crater at the summit of Kilauea Volcano.The mythical flight of Pele from Kauai to Hawaii, which alludes to the eternalstruggle between the growth of volcanic islands from eruptions and theirlater erosion by ocean waves, is consistent with geologic evidence obtainedcenturies later that clearly shows the islands becoming younger from northwestto southeast. Prominentworld hotspots [54 k] Although Hawaii is perhaps the best known hotspot, others are thought toexist beneath the oceans and continents. More than a hundred hotspots beneaththe Earth's crust have been active during the past 10 million years. Mostof these are located under plate interiors (for example, the African Plate),but some occur near diverging plate boundaries. Some are concentrated nearthe mid-oceanic ridge system, such as beneath Iceland, the Azores, and theGalapagos Islands. A few hotspots are thought to exist below the North American Plate. Perhapsthe best known is the hotspot presumed to exist under the continental crustin the region of Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. Hereare several calderas (large craters formed by the ground collapseaccompanying explosive volcanism) that were produced by three gigantic eruptionsduring the past two million years, the most recent of which occurred about600,000 years ago. Ash deposits from these powerful eruptions have beenmapped as far away as Iowa, Missouri, Texas, and even northern Mexico. Thethermal energy of the presumed Yellowstone hotspot fuels more than 10,000hot pools and springs, geysers (like Old Faithful), and bubbling mudpots (pools of boiling mud). A large body of magma, capped by a hydrothermalsystem (a zone of pressurized steam and hot water), still exists beneaththe caldera. Recent surveys demonstrate that parts of the Yellowstone regionrise and fall by as much as 1 cm each year, indicating the area is stillgeologically restless. However, these measurable ground movements, whichmost likely reflect hydrothermal pressure changes, do not necessarily signalrenewed volcanic activity in the area. Authors' Note: Since this booklet's publication in 1996, vigorous scientific debate has ensued regarding volcanism at "hotspots." New studies suggest that hotspots are neither deep phenomena nor "fixed" in position over geologic time, as assumed in the popular plume model. See http://www.mantleplumes.org/ ." Mauna Loa Volcano [36 k] | J. Tuzo Wilson | Longtrail of Hawaiian hotspot | "Contents" "Some unanswered questions" USGS Home Page Top of this Page URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/hotspots.html Last updated: 05.05.99 Contact: jmwatson@usgs.gov