Walking from the Sun to Neptune is easy… At least when they are set up in a scale model along main street Waimea.
A fun day… The Sun, telescopes, the planets, a few asteroids represented by meteorites, and plenty of activities for the kids. It was a great day to be in Waimea as CFHT and Keck put on the Solar System Walk 2016…
The inner solar system sits in front of Keck Observatory for the 2016 Solar System Walk
Jane hands out passports for the planets at the 2016 Solar System Walk
A young observer checks out the Sun
Chris showing a young observer the Sun through a telescope with hydrogen alpha filter
Gary Fujihara with his meteorite collection representing the asteroids
Local kids check out the meteorites in Gary’s educational collection
A helmet from the movie The Martian brought by the HI-SEAS folks for the Mars tent
