Hilo
Hilo is our
first port of call on the island of Hawaii, referred to as ‘the big island’ to
avoid confusion.
Sue went
shopping with Jamie while Phil had an awesome day traveling to the top of
Mauna Kea. The mountain is 4200 metres above sea level and home to 30 optical
and radio telescopes that are engaged in much of the most important
astronomical research in the world. The weather on the big island is usually
cloudy and often raining but today we were blessed with mostly clear skies and
no rain. So the photos below are much better than we would normally be entitled
to expect. Let them tell the story.
1 and 2. The
Rainbow Falls
3. In the
foreground is cooled lava from the 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa. In the background
is grassland growing on top of an 850,000 year old lava flow.
4, 5 and 6.
Views of the main observatories. It was awesome to be standing there above the
clouds in the middle of a volcanic desert seeing these wonders of science and
engineering.
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