Well no more wondering, because I made some nifty Google Earth captures to solve the problem...and you might be surprised at the answer!
The images below are at street/ground level, with a vertical exaggeration of 1. The images are paired, with the 1st of each pair being at the minimum zoom the software allows, and the 2nd at a high zoom.
The color pins have lines extending to the ground. They mark high points, and/or the limits, of various islands.
Note that while these views show what is theoretically possible, it obviously depends on how clear the atmosphere is on a given day.
Happy Trails.
[--August 2015--]
Above image: An overview of the relative orientation of
other islands relative to Oahu.
Above image: An inflated vertical exaggeration of topography
of other islands to show that, for example, Maui can stick out above Molokai,
when viewed from Oahu.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Makapu'u
Lighthouse Lookout.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Makapu'u
Lighthouse Lookout.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Lanai lookout
point.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Lanai lookout
point.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Ko'olau summit of
Hawaii Loa ridge trail.
Above image: Other islands viewed from the Ko'olau summit of Hawaii Loa ridge trail.
Above photo: Molokai on an above average clear day from Kului ridge.If you strain your eyes, you can maybe see a portion of Maui above Molokai, in the haze to the right of Koko Head.
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