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- Keck logo window
Window in the rear of the visitors' center, facing the ops rooms. When observing, we would spend the night in the ops rooms, directing the observations and reviewing the data. - NIRC
The Keck near-infrared camera. I used this instrument in grad school, and now it's a museum piece. - Torches
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii. These were lit each evening by a man blowing a conch shell. - Ground Floor
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii - Hale Pohaku visitors' center
At 9000 feet elevation, on the way to the Mauna Kea summit. - Mauna Kea silversword
This endangered plant is protected in an enclosure next to the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Center at Hale Pohaku. It is really strikingly silver in person. - Dead tree near Hale Pohaku
- Hale Pohaku from nearby caldera
- Shrine
Small caldera near Hale Pohaku. Mauna Loa is in the background. - Saddle Road
The new Saddle Road (Daniel K. Inouye Highway) and Mauna Loa from a small caldera near Hale Pohaku on Mauna Kea. - Coffee plant blossom
Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms - Baby coffee plants
Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms - HH
Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms, Hawaii - Spouting Horn
At this lava tube on the south shore of Kauai, the waves are redirected upwards, producing a geyser-like effect. - "I'll take the coral necklace, please"
Spouting Horn market, Kauai - Waimea Canyon overlook
Kauai - Mokihana Valley
Kauai - Martian waterfall
Waimea Canyon, Kauai - Kīlauea Point Lighthouse
Kauai - Laysan Albatross
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai