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The Aftermath of the Storm
The storm appears to be waning now, the satellite shows that much of it has passed the island. Not long ago the snowplow crews let it be known that they would not reach the summit today, try again tomorrow as the storm abates.
I did a bit of a photo survey of the summit using MastCam to check on the summit conditions. Poliʻahu rules Mauna Kea!
Looking at the summit ridge from the Keck after the storm
The IRTF coated with heavy ice
Looking at the summit ridge from the Keck after the storm
A ladder platform of the Keck 2 dome with a heavy coating of ice
Looking at the summit ridge from the Keck after the storm
UH88 under a heavy coating of ice after the storm
UKIRT under a heavy coating of ice after the storm
Keck 2 dome with a heavy coating of ice
A MastCam image of the snowdrifts covering the road between Keck and IRTF
Nice pictures Andrew!
Many thanks
I was thinking about taking a ride up tomorrow morning to do a snow report for ukirt.
Hopefully I won’t need chains…