Hello all, today i bring to you pictures from atop the aptly named "White Mountain" - Mauna Kea!
[Observatory atop Mauna Kea]
[Sandra]
[Vincent and I]
[Dad and I]
All these pictures were taken at the top of Mauna Kea. The largest Mountain on our planet. Although not as high up as Mt Everest, Mauna Kea however starts from below sea level, a great deal below sea level in fact. I cant remember the numbers right now, but if the entire Mauna Kea was above the ground, it would be the biggest and tallest. It can fit a few Mt Everests into itself. Huge huh?
Apart from the snowy terrain, the fluffy things you see are really in fact clouds and not more snow. We were up THAT high. Higher than the clouds! As depraved of oxygen as i was, we managed to get quite a few pics before running back to the warm toastiness of our tour bus.
Most of the World's most expensive and largest observatories are also on top of Mauna Kea, as seen in one of the pics above. There were ALOT of them. Some satellites dishes though. All of them were owned by different countires, Uk, USA, Japan, Canada to name a few.
After watching the amazing sunset from here, we headed to a lower altitude for some cookies and a hot chocolate and the guide proceeded from there with a lesson on astronomy. A practical lesson in the field with a big-ass telescope lol. The stars were out in full force that night, and the guide pointed out with his mega-amazingly-powerful green laser pointer into the heavens to point out the different zodiacal constellations and planets like Saturn. To call it beautiful would be an understatment.
This was really a worthwhile trip with images and memories that will remain etched in my mind. Anyone who decides to come to the Big Island for a vacation absolutely have to go check this out.
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