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From left to right: The W. M. Keck Observatory, two 10 meter (referring to mirror diameter) twin...
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In the foreground, from left to right: The 3.6 meter diameter mirror...
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The eight antennas of Harvard's Submillimeter Array detect radiation emanating from cold interstellar...
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A 25 m (82 foot) diameter dish antenna belonging to the Very Long Baseline Array, a collection of ten...
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A westward view of the Subaru and Keck telescopes on the Mars-like slopes of Mauna Kea, which is currently...
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Telescopes hug the 13,796 foot summit of Manua Kea. This volcano is pre-eminently sacred to the Hawaiian...
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Another shot of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, a Buckminster Fuller-esque work of art. It will ...
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Left to right: The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, a 10.4-metre submillimeter wavelength telescope, ...
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A closeup of a Submillimeter Array 6-meter antenna.
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A closeup of the western flank of the the Keck and Subaru telescopes. In early July, the Subaru suffered...
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In the foreground, the The Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope. In the background is the 3-meter NASA Infrared...
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The Pu'u Hau Kea cinder cone located on the slopes of Mauna Kea at 13, 441 feet. It's part of a cluster...
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The saguaro cactus is said to contain the souls of the dead. Live right, reincarnate as a cactus. Else, return in human form.
Tanuki (狸). Mischievous shapeshifting raccoon dog said to be fond of drinking and taking human.
"For us, of course, things can change so abruptly, so violently, so profoundly, that futures like our grandparents' have insufficient 'now' to stand on. We have no future because our present is too volatile. ... We have only risk management. The spinning
At his death between 901 and 903, he recited a poem that revealed to the world that he was in fact the Bodhisattva Maitreya in disguise.
HDRi Tour of the Mauna Kea...
steampunk artifacts
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