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journey to the stars....
This is a top pick! ... 's some of the most interesting astronomy talk I've ever heard. And I do ask him about the Atacama desert vs. Mauna Kea conflict...conflicting claims of "bestness"....he still feels like Mauna Kea's the true best in that overall there are more ...
Poussières d'étoiles..
... ce soir... --------- On quitte la plage en milieu d'après-midi pour faire la longue route qui nous mènera à nouveau sur le Mauna Kea, au sommet cette fois. Les conditions d'observation sont encore idéales. La chance nous sourit! On passe au dessus des ...
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Though I spent lots of time at the identically named resort (which I greatly enjoyed), the Mauna Kea volcano was an impressive site indeed. Anyone visiting should make the effort to get to the top at sunset -- it sounds cliche, but you ...
Day 6 in Hawaii - To the Summit of Mauna Kea
... to choose our adventure. Zach's fun thing of choice was the diving trip so I chose mine to be a trip up to the Mauna Kea volcano summit and astronomical observatories at 14,000 feet. I've always been fascinated by astronomy, so it was ...
Schnee auf Hawai'i Big Island
... Kea. Auf einem kleinen Walk hinter dem Visitor Center dürfen wir denn auch noch die wunderprächtigen, symmetrischen Mauna Kea Silberschwert Pflanzen (info) bestaunen. Diese Pflanze ist auf Hawai'i Big Island endemisch und war aufgrund eingeführter ...
Saturday, August 18th - Return to Subaru
... on the parts of our Director of Photography, Steve Chollet, and myself we decided to trek down the 6 miles from the summit of Mauna Kea. What a challenging and frosty path at 6am. We did, however, make it back to Hale Pohaku base camp for breakfast by ...
Sunday, August 19th - Free Time
... and Kyle is the Observatory's chief mechanical engineer. We met up with the couple and their young son, Ethan, at their home at Mauna Lani about 20 miles north of Kona. We were pampered to the max at the Kinoshita home. Bruce was given the opportunity ...
Tuesday, August 16th - First Ascent
... time making sure we remembered our sunglasses, sunscreen, gloves, beanies and coats. We were headed up the mount to the summit of Mauna Kea. The six-mile drive (another 3,000 feet in elevation) up to the summit held for us about 30 switchbacks over a ...
Under water and above the clouds...
We drove to the Queen 's Marketplace to get some breakfast. The store had already made sandwiches, so we took some of those. After breakfast we got in the car and drove to Kahalu'u Beach Park. Now that was an amazing experience! There were ...
To the mountain and back . . . .
... he left, there were two dozen people in the line. Sunday we rented a four-wheel-drive Jeep for an excursion to the top of Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in the world, measuring some 33,000 feet from its base 19,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific. ...
Spelunking and Holy Guacamole
... keys in hand, and it was too late to go snorkeling. Jarryd, Dad, Josh, Sam, Amanda and I took off to go on a hike near Mauna Kea State Park. We set out on a 2.6 mile hike. Some parts were over the desert terrain of lava rock, while others ...
From 0 to 13,796 ft above sea level and back
... new corner we winded around added a new vantage point for us to view the sea, or catch a glimpse of the peak of Mauna Kea (the neighboring volcano mountain). As we started climbing the last mile to the summit, the large observatories came into view. ...
Friday, August 17th - Mauna Kea , day 2
... the Hale Pohaku base camp scouting the trails and seeking out some of the Hawaiian shrines that are located around the mountain. Mauna Kea is considered sacred to the native Hawaiians as an elder ancestor and the physical embodiment (or kinolau) of ...
Monday, August 20th - Keck and CFHT (again)
... the room that houses, cleans and prepares the telescope's mirrors. We also set up our plan-o-cam to catch our final sunset on Mauna Kea that turned out to be a beautiful one. Our night's finale was experienced by our producer, Kris Koenig, who took ...
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