... Credit Copyright: Rob Ratkowski Explanation: Fading sunlight , a young crescent Moon , and brilliant Venus shared the western sky in this view of 2005's final sunset from the top of Mount Haleakala , on Maui, Hawaii. ... At 10,000 feet the summit is an ideal site for astronomical observatories , and this scene also features the silhouette of the northern hemisphere Faulkes Telescope. ... Of course on Haleakala, "Happy New Year" would be "Hauoli Makahiki hou" (how-oh-lee ma-ka-hee-key ho). ...