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	Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i
		Tall cinder cones atop the summit of Mauna Kea (4,205m) and lava flows that underlie its steep upper flanks have built the volcano a scant 35 m higher than nearby Mauna Loa (4,170 m).
		The seasonal snow cover on the steep slopes of Mauna Kea is easier to see from coastal areas than on the gentle, rounded slopes of Mauna Loa, whose summit cannot be seen from sea level.
		Mauna Kea is presently a dormant volcano, having last erupted about 4,500 years ago.
	hvo.wr.usgs.gov /volcanoes/maunakea (444 words)

	Mauna Kea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, one of five volcanic peaks that together form the island of Hawaii.
		In Hawaiian, mauna kea means "white mountain", a reference to the fact that it is regularly snow- or frost-capped during the northern hemisphere winter.
		All of these factors have made Mauna Kea a prime target for state-of-the-art astronomy, and the summit is home to many different observatories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mauna_Kea (706 words)

	Mauna Kea Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mauna Kea is both a sacred and historical site in the Hawaiian culture and one of the most important land-based astronomy sites in the world.
		The Observatories at Mauna Kea are an independent collection of the world's premier astronomical research facilities, located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA.
		The summit of Mauna Kea is so high that scientists and other visitors are advised to stay at the lower level for 30 minutes to acclimate to atmospheric conditions before reaching the summit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mauna_Kea_Observatory (506 words)

	Mauna Kea
		Mauna Kea, a volcano on the island of Hawai’i, is sacred to Native Hawaiians as an elder ancestor and the physical embodiment (or kinolau) of deities revered in Hawaiian culture and religion.
		Mauna Kea, it is said, is where the Sky and Earth separated to form the Great-Expanse-of-Space and the Heavenly realms.
		Mauna Kea is part of Hawai’i’s “ceded lands trust” — those lands ceded by the Republic of Hawaii to the United States government after the overthrow of the Hawaiian government by European and American sugar planters, descendants of missionaries, and financiers in 1893.
	www.sacredland.org /endangered_sites_pages/mauna_kea.html (1770 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Mauna Kea \| Summary
		In contrast to Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea lacks a summit caldera and is capped by a profusion of cinder cones and pyroclastic deposits.
		Mauna Kea's rift zones are less pronounced than on neighboring volcanoes, and the eruption of voluminous, late-stage pyroclastic material has buried much of the early basaltic shield volcano, giving the volcano a steeper and more irregular profile.
		The latest eruptions at Mauna Kea produced a series of cinder cones and lava flows from vents on the northern and southern flanks during the early to mid Holocene.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1302-03- (207 words)

	Virtual Tour of Mauna Kea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mauna Kea, at 13796' is the taller of the two, but Mauna Loa has the greater mass.
		The biggest optical/infrared telescopes in the world are both on Mauna Kea, and belong to the W. Keck Observatory, operated by the California Association for Research in Astronomy in Waimea.
		As the last rays of the Sun reach Mauna Kea, often after passing through large amounts of vog (a volcanic haze of sulphurous gas belched by the Kilauea volcano) or cloud on the horizon, the light changes to a warm, soothing yellow, or maybe a dusky shade of orange or pink.
	www.aao.gov.au /local/www/sdr/maunakea/tour.html (2634 words)

	Mauna Kea
		Mauna Kea is considered to be a dormant shield volcano in what is commonly known as the "post-shield" stage.
		Mauna Kea's composition is primarinly tholeiitic basalt, capped by alkalic lavas of hawaiite to benmoreite compositions.
		Mauna Kea is sacred to the hawaiian people and the protection of sites or natural and cultural importance is under development.
	www.soest.hawaii.edu /GG/HCV/maunakea.html (462 words)

	Mauna Kea
		Is It Mars or Mauna Kea?: At the top is a panoramic shot of summit road and the various observatories.
		Mauna Kea actually is entering a "post shield" phase in which it will become more explosive.
		Mauna Kea's snow is all the more dramatic as it contrasts the Big Island's basic stone color of fl lava.
	www.americasroof.com /hi.shtml (2786 words)

	Articles - Mauna Kea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Hawaiian, ´´mauna kea´´ means "white mountain", a reference to the fact that it is regularly snow or frost capped during the northern hemisphere winter.
		Mauna Kea is also the tallest mountain in the world when measured from base to peak, its base being some 16,000 ft (over 5,000 m) under the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
		Although snow and ice occur now mostly in the period from November through March, Mauna Kea had permanent (year-round) ice caps during the Pleistocene ice ages.
	www.zdiamond.net /articles/Mauna_Kea (342 words)

	Mauna Kea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mauna Kea is the tallest volcano on the Island of Hawaii.
		Mauna Kea is the only Hawaiian volcano known to be glaciated.
		Mauna Kea has erupted several times in the last 10,000 years.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/hawaii/mauna_kea.html (148 words)

	Hawaii Adventures,Hawaii Mauna Kea Adventures
		While Mauna Kea is renowned for over 340 accessable days a year, there are sudden winter storms and occasional summer rains that can force closure of the summit road.
		To Astronomers Mauna Kea is home to the world's largest telescopes and has atmospheric clarity better than anywhere else on earth.
		To students of Geology and Earth sciences, environmentalists and anthropologists Mauna Kea has something for everyone, with wonderful Ice age scouring, road cuts revealing strata and a well defined Volcanic history.
	www.arnottslodge.com /mksg.html (873 words)

	Lowbrow Photo Album - Mauna Kea (Part 2)
		Mauna Kea is located in Hawaii, and contains a number of world class telescopes.
		One of the many delights at Mauna Kea is to watch the sunset, sunrise and the mountain shadow.
		Mauna Kea Observatories (University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy).
	www.umich.edu /~lowbrows/album/markvincent/maunakea2.html (668 words)

	Airphotos of Mauna Kea Volcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The summit of Mauna Kea is the world's best place to do astronomy, due to the dry, stable atmosphere and lack of bright lights near the telescopes.
		There are some very impressive cinder cones near the summit of Mauna Kea, which are an indication that the typical lava-producing stage of this Hawaiian volcano is over.
		Although it is not as old as Kohala volcano, the northern flanks of Mauna Kea are already being eroded by flowing water.
	satftp.soest.hawaii.edu /space/hawaii/nav/ap.mauna_kea.html (296 words)

	Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii - John Seach
		Mauna Kea is the highest mountain in the Pacific.
		Mauna Kea Volcano from the harbour at Hilo, Hawaii.
		University of Hawaii Telescope at summit of Mauna Kea volcano
	www.volcanolive.com /maunakea.html (84 words)

	The Gemini 8m Telescopes Project - Mauna Kea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Gemini North Telescope is located at the summit of Mauna Kea, within the summit area of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, situated between the UH 88-inch Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawai'i 3.6m Telescope (CFHT), at a height of 4200m.
		The summit of Mauna Kea has proven to be an outstanding location from which to make astronomical observations, both at optical and infrared wavelengths.
		The Gemini North Telescope is on the summit ridge of Mauna Kea and is located on approximately 2 acres that is subleased from the UH Institute for Astronomy.
	www.gemini.edu /public/mauna.html (260 words)

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	Mauna Kea Galleries - Madge Tennent
		Although his scenes of white frothy waves dashing dramatically against rocky coasts are most familiar, he painted the sea in all its moods, colors, and actions.
		Mauna Kea Galleries buys and sells works by this artist.
		This book can be purchased in Mauna Kea Galleries' Online Shopping Gallery by clicking the book thumbnail, or by clicking HERE.
	www.maunakeagalleries.com /lionelwalden.htm (383 words)

	Mauna Kea
		Two days later, I continued the experiment while driving from sea level to the Summit (13,700 ft) of the Mauna Kea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.
		The crater is draped with a necklace of telescope domes.
		On the summit of Mauna Kea, The Keck I and II telescopes (at 10-meter diameters) are the largest in the world.
	www.lbl.gov /abc/cosmic/SKliewer/Experiment/Mauna_Kea.htm (212 words)

	Mauna Kea \| K-Squared Ramblings
		The Hawaiians believed that Pele, goddess of fire, lived on Mauna Loa (the active volcano) and her sister Poli’ahu, goddess of snow, lived on Mauna Kea (which is often capped with snow).
		This is a view from maybe 10-11 thousand feet up the slopes of Mauna Kea, looking across the valley at Mauna Loa (which itself is 13,677 feet high!) There are cinder cones all over from the last days of Mauna Kea’s volcanic career.
		This entry was posted by Kelson on Monday, May 2nd, 2005 at 10:28 PM and is filed under Space, Hawaii 2005, Travel and tagged for Hawaii, Mauna Kea, sunset, observatory, telescope.
	www.hyperborea.org /journal/archives/2005/05/02/mauna-kea (1289 words)

	Mauna Kea Beach Hotel - Kamuela - Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
		I've been going to the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel at least once a year for over 30 years; first as a teen with my family, then as a newlywed and for the past 12 years with my kids.
		A group of us spent 5 days at the Mauna Kea to attend a friend's wedding, which was being held at the hotel (incredible - on a cliffside tee overlooking the ocean).
		Pick your style - the staid Mauna Kea with the fabulous beach or the bustling Four Seasons with its outstanding amenities.
	tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g60588-d87284-Reviews-Mauna_Kea_Beach_... (1009 words)

	Mauna Kea Summit Adventures- The original Sunset and Stargazing tour.
		Mauna Kea Summit Adventures- The original Sunset and Stargazing tour.
		(Mauna Kea is the astonishing mountain that stands in the calm)
		As the pioneer guide service on Mauna Kea we have over 35 years of combined experience.
	www.maunakea.com (198 words)

	GoHawaii - Hawaii's Big Island - Mauna Kea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mauna Kea, elevation 13,796' above sea level, is actually one of the world's tallest mountains -- some 33,000' high when measured from its base at the bottom of the sea.
		Away from city lights, Mauna Kea is one of the clearest, driest and pitch-fl spots on Earth making for superb viewing of planets, stars and nebulas.
		Keck Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea is considered the world's largest optical and infrared observatory, allowing astronomers to explore the universe by gazing through telescopes housed in domes that look like alien eyeballs!
	www.gohawaii.com /bigisland/about/maunakea.aspx (112 words)

	Mauna Kea Resort legendary hotels, golf and luxurious homes on Hawaii’s Big Island
		Conde’ Nast Traveler calls them “two of the best golf courses in the world.” Hapuna Golf Course offers 18 challenging holes of play, while the Mauna Kea Golf Course remains the standard by which all island courses are judged.
		A favorite of Golf Hawaii’s Mark Rolfing, the Mauna Kea Resort courses feature rolling fairways, sweeping shorelines, dramatic contours and incomparable hospitality.
		Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel
	www.maunakearesort.com (163 words)

	Mauna Kea Summit Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mauna Loa Observatory webcam looking north with Mauna Kea in the background
		Mauna Loa Observatory webcam looking northwest toward Waimea (Maui is left of the tower)
		Mauna Kea Fisheye View of the Nightsky (Only active at night)
	home.hawaii.rr.com /lanailizards/weather/Mauna-Kea.htm (107 words)

	APOD: 2003 December 3 - Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
		Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, USA, a frequent spot for spectacular photographs since it is arguably the premier observing location on planet
		Cloud tops below Mauna Kea's summit have unusually flat tops, indicating a decrease in
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap031203.html (168 words)

	Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
		This elegant hotel is located in the Mauna Kea Resort on Hawaii's famed Kohala Coast.
		The Mauna Kea Golf Course was designed by Trent Jones and is rated number one in the state of Hawaii.
		Guests can also enjoy a variety of restaurants and lounges, the resort's horseback riding stables (located in Waimea), and a collection of over 1600 pieces of museum-quality Pacific and Asian artwork.
	www.hawaii-aloha.com /html/mauna_kea_beach_hotel.html (97 words)

	Mauna Kea vacation rentals,Mauna Kea vacation homes,Mauna Kea villas for rent.
		Mauna Kea vacation rentals,Mauna Kea vacation homes,Mauna Kea villas for rent.
		Mauna Kea vacation rentals in Mauna Kea, Big Island, Hawaii.
		We understand how important your Mauna Kea vacation is, and we can make sure that your vacation to paradise is the best it can possibly be.
	www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com /Hawaii/BigIsland/MaunaKea/rentals1.htm (644 words)

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