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Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms, Hawaii - Shrine
Small caldera near Hale Pohaku. Mauna Loa is in the background. - Waves and boobies
The white dots on the cliffs are Red-footed Boobies. Kīlauea Point NWR, Kauai. - Dead tree near Hale Pohaku
- NIRC
The Keck near-infrared camera. I used this instrument in grad school, and now it's a museum piece. - Coffee plant blossom
Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms - Baby coffee plants
Heavenly Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farms - 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. - Excavation
Blue Knob State Park, Pennsylvania, USA - Ground Floor
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii - Torches
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii. These were lit each evening by a man blowing a conch shell. - Hale Pohaku visitors' center
At 9000 feet elevation, on the way to the Mauna Kea summit. - Saddle Road
The new Saddle Road (Daniel K. Inouye Highway) and Mauna Loa from a small caldera near Hale Pohaku on Mauna Kea. - Spouting Horn
At this lava tube on the south shore of Kauai, the waves are redirected upwards, producing a geyser-like effect. - Waimea Canyon overlook
Kauai - Hale Pohaku from nearby caldera
- "I'll take the coral necklace, please"
Spouting Horn market, Kauai - 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. - Kīlauea Point Lighthouse
Kauai - Martian waterfall
Waimea Canyon, Kauai