2019 is recorded in photos here on DarkerView.
![Heavy snow obscures our normally clear view of IRTF](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ88-69-19323-DC.jpg)
![Getting the vehicles warmed up and defrosted before pulling out in heavy snow](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ88-68-19323-DC.jpg)
![The safety guardrail cables covered in icicles on Mauna Kea](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CJ64-67-19038-DC.jpg)
![Looking up at the Keck 2 dome as we pull out in the snow](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ88-71-19323-DC.jpg)
!['Scopes in the Twilight](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CJ90-65-19362-DC.jpg)
![Deep Violet and Meteor at Kaʻohe](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CJ90-73-19362-DC.jpg)
![A few 'scopes set up under moonlight at Kaʻohe](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ87-20-19306-DC.jpg)
![The last glow of Sunset over Hualālai, with Venus just about to set behind the mauna and Jupiter high above.](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ87-05-19306-DC.jpg)
![A good crowd watching the transit of Mercury through the telescopes at Keck Observatory on Nov 11, 2019](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TransitCrowd20191111-1200x900.jpg)
![Scott in the Sun](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CJ86-06-19291-DC.jpg)
![The transit of Mercury on the morning of Nov 11, 2019](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ87-30-19315-DC.jpg)
![Xavier at the 'Scope](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CJ82-59-19194-DC.jpg)
![Hawaii Cigar and Ukulele in Hawi](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CJ66-51-19043-DC.jpg)
![A morning fogbow along the access road leading to a snowy Mauna Kea](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CJ69-78-19058-DC-1200x368.jpg)
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![Spam flavor macadamia nuts at the Hamakua factory store](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CJ66-31-19043-DC.jpg)
![The Pleiades, color image through LRGB filters](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/M45-LLRGB-20190924.jpg)
![M42 the Orion Nebula](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190105-M42.jpg)
![Comet 46P/Wirtanen on January 5th, 2018](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190105-46PWirtanen.jpg)
![M31 or the Andromeda Galaxy, with M110 visible above and M32 visible below the core](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190909M31Mono.jpg)
![A traditional Hawaiian trail along the coast south of Kiholo Bay](https://i2.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CJ76-83-19110-DC.jpg)
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![Looking down from the top of the Keck 1 dome to Subaru, SMA, and JCMT](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJ88-26-19318-DC.jpg)
![Fixing a flat tire along the Mauna Kea summit access road](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CJ89-81-19345-DC.jpg)
![Keck 1 dome with a liberal coating of ice from freezing fog](https://i0.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CJ64-70-19038-DC.jpg)
![Keck 2 dome with a liberal coating of ice from freezing fog](https://i1.wp.com/darkerview.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CJ64-65-19038-DC.jpg)
When you want to see the stars, find someplace dark
2019 is recorded in photos here on DarkerView.
The top posts of 2019 are a little different than I have seen in the past. Usually it is a mix of a few big hit posts that were linked on other sites and a lot of older posts that have long lives.
This year DarkerView’s traffic was dominated by the controversy on Mauna Kea. Publishing a series of posts on specific issues resulted in a lot of shares, mostly on FaceBook that drove traffic.
TMT supporters would routinely link DarkerView to provide more information in the raging online arguments that drove so much of the controversy. I can only hope that the posts had some effect in countering the dizzying amount of misinformation that featured in these arguments.
Of course the Backyard Telescope Pier article continues to be the most popular long term post. This post has been on every DarkerView top post list since I started the blog. A number of other similar reference posts can be found in the top post lists.
Overall DarkerView had 74,125 page views from 39,679 unique visitors, a large increase from the 46,707 views of 2018, almost double.