Big Island w/ Robertsons - Mauna Kea

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Blurry, but I was trying to show the ice crystals here.
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ice balls were melting and blowing off the telescopes onto the car on occasion...see them behind the stop sign on the right? Holy signs so the wind doesn't blow them over.
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miniature model of what we got to walk around in
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She taught a lot.....if only we could have learned it all! Amazing Japanese guide who knew the telescope from the inside out.
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going from one building to the next, we crossed this icy walk-way. I cannot tell you how impressed I was with how well Bill & Corinne did here. I think the rest of us got lighter-headed than they did.
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do you think the wind may blow here? A measure for the snow....but none was there this year. Only ice that must form nightly and melt daily
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I think it was a cute little weather monitor? Mark will probably research it before he sends out his photos
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