A Little Snow… We arrive to eight inches of snow at the telescopes George and Nick realizing how much snow must be moved The SMA (Smithsonian Submillimeter Array) under a heavy coating of ice and snow with Haleakalā in the background A touch of snow and ice atop Mauna Kea this morning April storm brought enough snow to cover the slopes of Mauna Kea Fesh snowfall from the top of the Keck 2 dome Mike Dahler clearing snow from the edge of the Keck 2 shutter The twin domes of Keck after a bit of snow on the summit of Mauna Kea The crew shovels the loading dock clear while the OMKM grader clears a troublesome snowdrift. The crew arriving to a summit to find several inches of fresh snow The Sun rising over an icy snowfield along the summit road of Mauna Kea Getting to the summit over a snow and ice covered road in heavy fog Fresh snow atop Mauna Kea, the first good storm of 2013 Snow falling around the IRTF telescope on the afternoon of March 3, 2015 Shoveling snow in Hawai’i! Abandoning the summit as weather conditions deteriorate and the snow begins to fall A light snowfall atop the summit of Mauna Kea Keck 1 looms in the fog and snow Looking across at the Keck 1 dome from the top of Keck 2 with Mauna Loa in the background Fresh snowfall blankets the summit of Mauna Kea A fresh snowfall blankets the summit of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa Six inches of snow on the road as we approach the summit of Mauna Kea The SMA antennas in snow and fog Keck 2 appears out of the fog and snow as we are nearly there An MKSS snowplow clears the road atop Mauna Kea Share this:TweetWhatsAppEmail Author: Andrew An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi. View all posts by Andrew