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- Sunset seen through the trees of a resort at Waikoloa, Hawai’i
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- A Hawaiian double hulled canoe awaiting a crew below Pu’ukohala Heiau
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- An ʻōhiʻa (Metrosideros polymorpha) blossoms on a lava flow in the Humu’ula Saddle
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- Upright sones of the navigational heiau north of Mahukona
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- A gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) hiding in the center of a banana bunch
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- A Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) in the banana patch
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- An ancient ʻōhiʻa tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) looms in the fog at Hakalau
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- A skeletal māmane tree (Sophora chrysophylla) in the saddle region of Mauna Kea
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- One of the many waterfalls that flow down the Hamakua Coast
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- One of the many streams of the Hamakua Coast
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- A littoral cone formed at the end of a lava flow near Kalapana glows red under the stars, the planet Jupiter shines above the glowing plume
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- Pahoehoe lava breaks out to flow forward and form another pillow at Kalapana
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- Lava moves forward in the flow field at Kalapana
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- Cooling pahoehoe lava glows red at Kalapana
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- A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on a beach at Anaehoomalu Bay
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- Thomas heads down the reef at the start of the dive
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- Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris) pass by along the Kohala coast
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- A group of divers descends to the reef below
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- He’e or Hawaiian Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea) in the shallows at Puako
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- Kirk and Deb explore the reef at Mahukona
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- Pete having some fun underwater
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- Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) on the reef at Puako
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- An arc-eye hawkfish (Parachirrhites arcatus) perches in a coral head at Puako
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- Deborah exploring wreckage from the SS Kauai at Mahukona
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- A group whitebar surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucopareius) of clean algae and parasites off a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
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- The Mamalahoa Highway through mist and fog south of Waimea
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- Saddle Road as it approaches Mauna Kea from the west
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- An overturned Toyota lies just of Saddle Road below Kilohana
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- A wrecked Toyota pickup rests over 100meters from the road on Mauna Kea
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- A nēnē (Branta sandvicensis) grazing on the slopes of Mauna Kea
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- A convoy of observatory vehicles heads up the summit access road
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- A Keck Observatory vehicle that rolled after encountering ice on the summit road
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- A dusting of snow covers the vehicles parked in front of Keck Observatory
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- Looking into the optics of the Keck 2 telescope
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- The Keck 1 telescope seen using a fisheye lens
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- The Keck 1 AO laser launch telescope mounted to the back side of the secondary
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- Working on the Keck 1 AO system with the optical bench covers off for access
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- George cleaning a Keck mirror segment in preparation for stripping and re-coating
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- The Keck 1 AO laser undergoing beam quality testing
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- The moon rising over the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
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- An antenna of the Very Long Baseline Array greets the rising sun atop Mauna Kea
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- The true summit of Mauna Kea
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- The Subaru Telescope in the sunset
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- The Canada-France-Hawai’i Telescope greets the dawn
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- The Gemini telescope prepares for the night, opening the cooling shutters at sunset, in the background is the CFHT telescope
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- The Gemini North 8m telescope atop Mauna Kea
- The CalTech Submillimeter Observatory under the stars
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- The Keck 2 laser acquires the first target of the night with the glow of sunset behind
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- The Keck 1 AO laser undergoing engineering testing
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- The Keck 2 telescope open and observing under moonlight
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- Three lasers in operation, Subaru, Keck 1 and Keck 2, 23 x 4min with a Canon 60D
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- The shadow of Mauna Kea appears through the mist and haze at sunrise
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- A pair of visitors watching the dawn from the summit of Mauna Kea
Andrew, I have hopes that some time in the not-so-distant future I will have the opportunity to work at the Keck Telescopes as a member of the engineering support staff in some way. But in the mean time, I appreciate the photos you post such as these. It’s gives me a glimpse of the inner workings at Keck and the environment you work in.
I am honored to have recently joined the folks at Keck Observatory. I look forward to meeting Andrew and thanking him for the marvelous images and contribution he has made, not only to Keck but to the world. I loved the Venus Transit webcast. Space exploration is awesome. All exploration is awesome.
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