The 2019 Gallery

2019 is recorded in photos here on DarkerView.

Heavy snow obscures our normally clear view of IRTF

Getting the vehicles warmed up and defrosted before pulling out in heavy snow

The safety guardrail cables covered in icicles on Mauna Kea

Looking up at the Keck 2 dome as we pull out in the snow

'Scopes in the Twilight

Deep Violet and Meteor at Kaʻohe

A few 'scopes set up under moonlight at Kaʻohe

The last glow of Sunset over Hualālai, with Venus just about to set behind the mauna and Jupiter high above.

A good crowd watching the transit of Mercury through the telescopes at Keck Observatory on Nov 11, 2019

Scott in the Sun

The transit of Mercury on the morning of Nov 11, 2019

Xavier at the 'Scope

Hawaii Cigar and Ukulele in Hawi

A morning fogbow along the access road leading to a snowy Mauna Kea

Spam flavor macadamia nuts at the Hamakua factory store

The Pleiades, color image through LRGB filters

M42 the Orion Nebula

Comet 46P/Wirtanen on January 5th, 2018

M31 or the Andromeda Galaxy, with M110 visible above and M32 visible below the core

A traditional Hawaiian trail along the coast south of Kiholo Bay

Looking down from the top of the Keck 1 dome to Subaru, SMA, and JCMT

Fixing a flat tire along the Mauna Kea summit access road

Keck 1 dome with a liberal coating of ice from freezing fog

Keck 2 dome with a liberal coating of ice from freezing fog

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi. View all posts by Andrew

2 thoughts on “The 2019 Gallery”

gigihawaii says:

January 2, 2020 at 04:18

Nice to see snow in Hawaii for a change. Happy new year!

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Dan Dolaptchieff says:

January 2, 2020 at 05:37

Another great year Andrew. Allways like ur pics.
Aloha

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