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Mauna Kea Observatory

Interesting places in Mauna Kea Observatory:
W. M. Keck Observatory   Subaru Telescope
Submillimeter Array  

on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. The facilities are located in a 500-acre special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct," which is located in the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. The Astronomy Precinct was established in 1967. The University of Hawai'i manages the site and leases land to several multi-national facilities which have invested more than $2 billion dollars in science and (...)

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Mauna Kea Array at Sunset

Mauna Kea Array at Sunset
Made by SonyAlphaGuy
From left to right: Subaru Telescope (8.3-meter diameter optical/IR telescope operated by Japan), W.M. Keck I and II (Two 10-meter telescopes operated by Caltech and University of California) and the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (a 3.0-meter diameter infrared telescope operated by University of Hawaii for NASA).

Mauna Kea Sunset

Mauna Kea Sunset
Made by SonyAlphaGuy
I saw the sun reflecting off the side of one of the observatories and just thought it looked cool. Never seen anything quite like it in my life.

Mauna Kea Sunset - Hawaii

Mauna Kea Sunset - Hawaii
Made by willtooke
From nearly 14,000 feet, watching the sun go down through the clouds and dip into the ocean. Unbelieveable!

Mauna Kea - 13,976 ft

Mauna Kea - 13,976 ft
Made by Bev and Steve
On the top of Mauna Kea. Highest point in Hawaii at 13,796ft.

mountain shadow

mountain shadow
Made by jgeach
mauna kea casting a long shadow over the clouds at sunset

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Mauna Kea Summit Adventure
A trip to the telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island....mauna kea observatory telescope hawaii big island


Mauna Kea _ Tour of Gemini Observatory
A tour of Gemini Observatory on Mauna Kea, Big island Hawaii....tiffanyrippa observatory gemini telescope mauna kea hawaii


Mauna Kea: Journey to the Top of the World
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Obsevatories on Mauna Kea
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Young astrophysicists having fun at the Mauna Kea Observatories....mauna kea hawaii astronomy astrophysics telescopes


Mauna Kea Observatories 2
Mauna Kea Observatories...Big Island Hawaii Mauna Kea observatories


Mauna Kea Summit
On the Summit of Mauna Kea is a collection of huge observatories, very cool....Mauna Kea Summit Observatory


On the top of Mauna Kea (4205m) Hawaii
10203 m). On the top you see the famous astronomical observatory....Hawaii Big Island Mauna Kea Astronomy Georgia Georgian Tbilisi Rotterdam Holland Dutch


Final Mauna Kea Sunset Panoramic
two cloud layers, so I grabbed a final panoramic of the observatories atop Mauna Kea as it got darker and darker....Mauna Kea observatories


Mauna Kea Summit Panorama
of Mauna Kea (~13890 feet). To get to the summit, you have to hike a couple hundred yards from the paved road and observatories.


Hawaiian Observatories
Mauna Kea Observatories...Hawaii Mauna Kea Observatory Telescope


OBSERVATORY
largest optical/near-infrared telescopes in the world. Mauna Kea in Hawaii....observatory keck two of the largest telescopes in world Space Objects




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