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The Milky Way Over Mauna Kea, 2024
A Photograph by Lisa G Alford

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The Island of Hawaii is a land of extremes. It contains ten of the earth’s fourteen climate zones and consists of five separate shield volcanoes: the extinct Kohala, dormant Mauna Kea, and active Mauna Loa, Kilauea, and Hualalai.
While Mauna Loa is largest mountain on earth by mass, Mauna Kea is the tallest, standing at 30,610 feet from its base on the floor of the Pacific Ocean to its peak above the clouds. From sea level, Mauna Kea is 13,803 feet high.
It is considered one of the best places in the world to go stargazing because its summit rises past the earth’s inversion level, resulting in stable, dry air that is free from atmospheric pollution. Combined with its position in the middle of the ocean, Hawaii’s Mauna Kea has some of the darkest and clearest night skies on the planet.
Looking south from the top of Mauna Kea, past the cinder cones and cloud blanket, you can see the summit of Mauna Loa rising in the distance. Above, the sky is painted red from the glowing lava lake in Kilauea’s crater, and the celestial magic of the Milky Way in on full display.

Image made with Canon EOS 5DSR and EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM,
March 2016.

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