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sunset at 9200 feet

Mauna Kea is one of the best ground-based astronomy locations in the world. The location is ideal because of its dark skies, good astronomical seeing, low humidity and position above the majority of the water vapor in the atmosphere, clean air, good weather and almost equatorial location.

It also happens to host some spectacular sunsets.

Mauna Kea Observatory - Wikipedia

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nutmeg mannikin

introduced to hawaii about 1865 from southeast asia.

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fishing

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nene - hawaiian goose

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The Nēnē evolved from the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), which most likely migrated to the Hawaiian islands 500,000 years ago, shortly after the island of Hawaiʻi was formed.

In 2004, it was estimated that there were 800 in the wild.

status: Threatened / Vulnerable

Nene - Hawaiian Goose - Wikipedia

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