This winter has already seen quite a bit of snow atop our tropical summit. It seems appropriate to put together a few recent snow photos…
Recent snowfall atop Hawaiian summits as captured by NASA’s OLI imager aboard Landsat 8 on Dec 25th, 2016
A summit covered with snow to greet us on a recent morning up top.
A snowstorm continues for a second day atop Mauna Kea, December 2, 2016
A snowstorm continues for a second day atop Mauna Kea, December 2, 2016
A snowstorm continues for a second day atop Mauna Kea, December 2, 2016
A snowstorm continues for a second day atop Mauna Kea, December 2, 2016
Fresh snow atop Mauna Kea blankets the ground behind Keck
Substantial snow drifts in front of the Keck Telescope, December 19, 2016
Heavy ice on the weather mast of Keck Observatory, December 19, 2016
A shot from a UKIRT webcam of the Hoku Kea student observatory
Yeah, this is going to be a problem… Eric gives scale to a rather large snowdrift in front of Keck Observatory
The Keck 1 breakroom windows feature the view of the inside of a snowdrift
The MKSS snowplow crews remove snow from in front of Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea
The MKSS snowplow crews remove snow from in front of IRTF Observatory atop Mauna Kea
Deep drifts in front of Keck Observatory cut through by the MKSS snowplow crews
It will be a fair bit of work to clear the road to the summit
The MKSS snowplow crews remove snow from the roads atop Mauna Kea
Loading pickup trucks with snow for export from the mauna.
Heavy ice covers the Keck weather mast
Subaru Observatory looms out of the fog and snow
Snow along the road as we approach the summit of Mauna Kea
Winding our way down the mountain with snow day traffic
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