Mauna Kea management plan advances Nov 22, 2009
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents approved two sub-plans for the management of Mauna Kea on Thursday, clearing the way for review by the state land board. The regents discussed components of the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan related to cultural and natural resources, clearing the way for final approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources ... The land board, which has jurisdiction over Mauna Kea, issued a long-term lease to the university in 1968. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Gray day ahead for all islands Nov 14, 2009
The storm also dropped snow on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, where a winter weather advisory was in effect ... The storm also dropped snow on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, where a winter weather advisory was in effect. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Flash flood warning issued for Maui Nov 13, 2009
There is also a special marine warning for the Alenuihaha Channel, a small craft advisory, a gale warning for waters 40 miles to 240 miles offshore, a winter weather advisory because of snow and sleet on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa above 8,000 feet ... There is also a special marine warning for the Alenuihaha Channel, a small craft advisory, a gale warning for waters 40 miles to 240 miles offshore, a winter weather advisory because of snow and sleet on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa above 8,000 feet. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Forecast call for heavy rain statewide and mountain snow Nov 11, 2009
In addition to the flash flood watch, the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island will be under a winter storm watch from Wednesday morning through Thursday morning, according to the weather service. The upper low moving over the state tonight will bring "much colder air to higher elevations, along with a chance for heavy snowfall, lightning, strong winds with blowing and drifting snow, and bitterly cold wind chills to the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea," forecasters said ... In... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
NASA rocket on crash course with moon Oct 9, 2009
The newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope, UC Santa Cruz's Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton near San Jose, the powerful Keck and Gemini North telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, and observatories in Arizona and New Mexico are focused on the target crater, named Cabeus, and will take images of the flash from the blast. Each telescope and spacecraft carries different suites of analytic instruments operating at different wavelengths to detect all the chemicals in the bright dust cloud. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fore! Top spots to tee it up Sep 12, 2009
David Alexander / Getty ImagesFor me, Mauna Kea frames the mainlander's vision of Hawaii golf in every conceivable way. It's exactly what a Hawaii course should be, said leading golf instructor, Darrin Gee. (MSNBC -- Travel)
50 fun facts about Hawaii as 50th star hits 50 Aug 31, 2009
34 The only alpine lake in Hawaii is on the Big Island, Lake Waiau, which lies near the top of Mauna Kea at an elevation of 13,002 feet. Held sacred in traditional Hawaiian beliefs, the shallow lake would trump Colorado's Pacific Tarn (13,435 feet) as the nation's highest if the undersea portion of the mountain - some additional 19,000 feet - counted. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Almost Heaven: Landing the Thirty Meter Telescope Fortifies Mauna Kea's Position as Earth's Eye on the Sky Aug 22, 2009
THE BIG KAHUNA: The summit of Mauna Kea, 4,205 meters above the Pacific Ocean, is home to some of the world's most famous observatories ... It's no surprise for scientists that the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, was the choice for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), one of a that aims to propel ground-based astronomy in the 21st century ... For professional astronomers, rarified air and dizzy spells are a small price to pay for Mauna Kea's front-row seat on the... (Scientific American)
Scientists spot storm clouds on Saturn's moon Aug 14, 2009
Astronomers reported their discovery Thursday in the journal Nature, and said their observations were possible only by the extreme precision of the telescope at the Gemini North Observatory, located atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island, Hawaii. The telescope was recently equipped with a system known as "adaptive optics," whose thin, flexible mirror can be deformed and shaped to remove the distortion caused when a telescope aims through Earth's wind-swept and shimmering atmosphere. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Mauna Kea plans must proceed with care Jul 25, 2009
Few could question the privilege and opportunity that has come to the island of Hawai'i with the selection of Mauna Kea as the site for the Thirty Meter Telescope project, the largest, most powerful installation of its kind in the world ... The Board of Land and Natural Resources in April approved the UH comprehensive management plan for Mauna Kea ... Ideally, the planning for Mauna Kea should not have been this kind of work-in-progress; the details should have been fleshed out before the state... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mauna Kea selected for world's largest telescope Jul 23, 2009
Mauna Kea was chosen yesterday as the site for what will become the world's largest telescope a mega-feat of engineering that will cost $1 ... Mauna Kea's 13,796-foot summit was picked as the site for the new telescope over Chile's Cerro Armazones mountain after more than a year of study, providing some rare good news for Hawai'i construction industry officials in today's dismal economy ... In a news release yesterday, Gov. Linda Lingle said the decision to build the telescope in the Islands... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Eyes on the skies: What hit Jupiter? Jul 23, 2009
Among them is UC Berkeley astronomer Imke de Pater, who was a leader of the team that analyzed the Jupiter crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy in July 1994 and who is now in Hawaii to use the Keck telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island. "My guess is that what we see will be very similar to the impact of Shoemaker-Levy," de Pater said in a phone interview. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mauna Kea chosen as site for world's largest telescope Jul 22, 2009
Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corp. picked Mauna Kea volcano over Chile's Cerro Armazones mountain, the other finalist candidate site ... That's about three times the diameter of the current world's largest telescopes, which are located atop Mauna Kea ... Mauna Kea's 13,796-foot summit is considered sacred to Hawaiians as the meeting place of the sky god Wakea and the Earth mother Papa, parents of the first ancestors of the Hawaiian people. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mauna Kea chosen for $1.2B telescope Jul 22, 2009
Mauna Kea chosen for $1 ... Mauna Kea chosen for $1 ... A group of U.S. and Canadian universities has selected Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island as the future site of a $1. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Pack your bags, grab the kids, and save money Jun 26, 2009
Photo Resource Hawaii / AlamyThe Mauna Kea, (post-'06 earthquake) is welcoming back visitors with two family-friendly offers; book a Mountain View room, starting at $450 a night, and receive a fifth night free ... The Mauna Kea in Hawaii will give you a second room for free, if you book one of their premium rooms. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Rational plan for Mauna Kea is taking shape Jun 20, 2009
2 billion 30-meter telescope is looking like a winning prospect for the advancement of scientific discovery atop Mauna Kea ... The other elements include a robust Mauna Kea Comprehensive Master Plan, recently approved by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, and rulemaking authority for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, the overseeing agency that will implement the plan ... Crystalline air quality, negligible light interference and the international community already engaged in... (Honolulu Advertiser)
EIS says good outweighs bad if giant telescope built on Mauna Kea May 23, 2009
HILO A long-awaited environmental report on the world's largest optical/infrared telescope planned for the summit of Mauna Kea says the overall public benefit of the project outweighs any "unavoidable adverse impacts." ... Should the project proceed on Mauna Kea, long-term unavoidable and adverse impacts include ... The EIS, which spells Mauna Kea as one word, elaborates on the visual impact that the dome would have from lower elevations. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Land board OKs Mauna Kea plan Apr 10, 2009
The board said today that the University of Hawaii must submit sub-plans addressing public access, natural resources, cultural resources and the decommissioning of telescopes atop Mauna Kea ... They can t implement anything if we go forward with it, said Kealoha Pisciotta, president of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, one of several groups that requested a contested case hearing ... During his testimony Wednesday, McClain apologized to those who felt hurt by the university s actions before passage of the... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Advisory panel gives nod to Mauna Kea management plan Mar 22, 2009
HILO, Hawai'i Despite objections from Native Hawaiians and environmentalists, a plan aimed at protecting the Mauna Kea summit region received a favorable recommendation yesterday from a local advisory panel. The Mauna Kea Management Board's 6-1 vote supporting the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan paves the way for the state to consider approving the 299-page document next month ... While approving it, members nonetheless called it imperfect and made their support contingent on the... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Yale pays $12M to use Mauna Kea telescopes Mar 15, 2009
Yale University is the latest institution to buy time on the twin telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea ... Astronomers gathering observation data actually do their work at the observatory's headquarters in Waimea while assistants operate the telescopes at the 13,796-foot Mauna Kea summit ... The Keck Observatory was the first facility on Mauna Kea to use remote observing. (Honolulu Advertiser)
UH could gain Mauna Kea oversight Feb 23, 2009
The University of Hawai'i, which has been widely criticized for mismanaging public lands it leases at Mauna Kea's summit, would be given regulatory oversight for that culturally sacred and environmentally significant site under bills moving through the state Legislature. Critics say transferring such oversight to UH would be a huge mistake in light of the school's poor track record on Mauna Kea and the dangerous precedent the action would set, essentially turning over responsibility for the land... (Honolulu Advertiser)
UH plan for Mauna Kea lacks telescope proposals Feb 7, 2009
The University of Hawaii has issued a comprehensive management plan for Mauna Kea, produced in response to a court order linked to the now-dead proposal for six "outrigger" telescopes on the mountain ... Kealoha Pisciotta, a critic of astronomical development on Mauna Kea, said the absence of methods for evaluating new proposals is part of what she sees as the university's attempt to take control of the mountain away from the general public ... The University of Hawaii has issued a comprehensive... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
