On Top of Mauna Kea
Over 13,000 feet above sea level, on top of Mauna Kea, the largest volcano on the big island of Hawaii, are a series of famous observatories. This is a preview of a Hawaii adventure that is to land on the pages of this blog in coming days.
The Gemini Northern Telescope,with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in the background.
Both of these have Canadian funding!
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October 17, 2006 3:44 a.m.Ah, Mauna Kea, the only part of Mars accessible by road.
The only thing more fun than seeing the telescopes atop Mauna Kea, is observing with them.
October 18, 2006 4:05 a.m.
Eat your heart out, Observer! The closest I got was to an observation room where I could see some very serious looking gentlement doing some maintenance work on a scope. Photos are forthcoming.
October 18, 2006 10:53 p.m.
Well of course you didn't see anything. You made the fundamental mistake of going up during the day. But that's understandable, in that you're not allowed to drive up there at night. Well, not with headlights on at least. Care to try that road in the pitch black?
Mind you, if you'd gone to the submillimeter (i.e. radio) telescopes a little bit down the hill, there would have been observations going on since a little bit of sunlight doesn't bother them.
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