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  1. Hilo International PHTO → Ellison Onizuka Kona International PHKO

    While I'm still figuring out where my next multi-leg journey will take me, I thought: why not see if the Cessna 172 can fly over Mauna Kea? Its service ceiling is 14,000 ft, and Mauna Kea stands at 13,803 ft.

    So, I packed some oxygen and took off. After a wide circle around the volcano and the slowest climb of all time (100–200 ft/min), the altimeter maxed out at 15,000 ft, leaving me with a comfortable margin over the summit.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #MaunaKea #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA #Hilo #PHTO #Kona #Kailua #PHKO #Cessna #Cessna172 #C172

  2. Hilo International PHTO → Ellison Onizuka Kona International PHKO

    While I'm still figuring out where my next multi-leg journey will take me, I thought: why not see if the Cessna 172 can fly over Mauna Kea? Its service ceiling is 14,000 ft, and Mauna Kea stands at 13,803 ft.

    So, I packed some oxygen and took off. After a wide circle around the volcano and the slowest climb of all time (100–200 ft/min), the altimeter maxed out at 15,000 ft, leaving me with a comfortable margin over the summit.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #MaunaKea #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA #Hilo #PHTO #Kona #Kailua #PHKO #Cessna #Cessna172 #C172

  3. Hilo International PHTO → Ellison Onizuka Kona International PHKO

    While I'm still figuring out where my next multi-leg journey will take me, I thought: why not see if the Cessna 172 can fly over Mauna Kea? Its service ceiling is 14,000 ft, and Mauna Kea stands at 13,803 ft.

    So, I packed some oxygen and took off. After a wide circle around the volcano and the slowest climb of all time (100–200 ft/min), the altimeter maxed out at 15,000 ft, leaving me with a comfortable margin over the summit.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #MaunaKea #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA #Hilo #PHTO #Kona #Kailua #PHKO #Cessna #Cessna172 #C172

  4. Hilo International PHTO → Ellison Onizuka Kona International PHKO

    While I'm still figuring out where my next multi-leg journey will take me, I thought: why not see if the Cessna 172 can fly over Mauna Kea? Its service ceiling is 14,000 ft, and Mauna Kea stands at 13,803 ft.

    So, I packed some oxygen and took off. After a wide circle around the volcano and the slowest climb of all time (100–200 ft/min), the altimeter maxed out at 15,000 ft, leaving me with a comfortable margin over the summit.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #MaunaKea #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA #Hilo #PHTO #Kona #Kailua #PHKO #Cessna #Cessna172 #C172

  5. Hilo International PHTO → Ellison Onizuka Kona International PHKO

    While I'm still figuring out where my next multi-leg journey will take me, I thought: why not see if the Cessna 172 can fly over Mauna Kea? Its service ceiling is 14,000 ft, and Mauna Kea stands at 13,803 ft.

    So, I packed some oxygen and took off. After a wide circle around the volcano and the slowest climb of all time (100–200 ft/min), the altimeter maxed out at 15,000 ft, leaving me with a comfortable margin over the summit.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #MaunaKea #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA #Hilo #PHTO #Kona #Kailua #PHKO #Cessna #Cessna172 #C172

  6. 35 years ago today a particularly long total #SolarEclipse hit Hawaii and Central and South America - of which astronomers on #MaunaKea made ample use as the legendary #WGBH documentary "Eclipse of th Century" shows: youtube.com/watch?v=JRI5FEQbn7o = archive.org/details/Eclipseoft (my favorite scene is in minute 45-46 when astronomers rush out of a telescope control room during totality to marvel at the eclipse with their own eyes). See also diary4dan.wordpress.com/2016/0 and skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/ ("Eine ungewöhnlich lange Totale Sonnenfinsternis") for further memories of that event I've found online 10 years ago and today.

  7. 35 years ago today a particularly long total #SolarEclipse hit Hawaii and Central and South America - of which astronomers on #MaunaKea made ample use as the legendary #WGBH documentary "Eclipse of th Century" shows: youtube.com/watch?v=JRI5FEQbn7o = archive.org/details/Eclipseoft (my favorite scene is in minute 45-46 when astronomers rush out of a telescope control room during totality to marvel at the eclipse with their own eyes). See also diary4dan.wordpress.com/2016/0 and skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/ ("Eine ungewöhnlich lange Totale Sonnenfinsternis") for further memories of that event I've found online 10 years ago and today.

  8. 35 years ago today a particularly long total #SolarEclipse hit Hawaii and Central and South America - of which astronomers on #MaunaKea made ample use as the legendary #WGBH documentary "Eclipse of th Century" shows: youtube.com/watch?v=JRI5FEQbn7o = archive.org/details/Eclipseoft (my favorite scene is in minute 45-46 when astronomers rush out of a telescope control room during totality to marvel at the eclipse with their own eyes). See also diary4dan.wordpress.com/2016/0 and skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/ ("Eine ungewöhnlich lange Totale Sonnenfinsternis") for further memories of that event I've found online 10 years ago and today.

  9. 35 years ago today a particularly long total #SolarEclipse hit Hawaii and Central and South America - of which astronomers on #MaunaKea made ample use as the legendary #WGBH documentary "Eclipse of th Century" shows: youtube.com/watch?v=JRI5FEQbn7o = archive.org/details/Eclipseoft (my favorite scene is in minute 45-46 when astronomers rush out of a telescope control room during totality to marvel at the eclipse with their own eyes). See also diary4dan.wordpress.com/2016/0 and skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/ ("Eine ungewöhnlich lange Totale Sonnenfinsternis") for further memories of that event I've found online 10 years ago and today.

  10. 35 years ago today a particularly long total #SolarEclipse hit Hawaii and Central and South America - of which astronomers on #MaunaKea made ample use as the legendary #WGBH documentary "Eclipse of th Century" shows: youtube.com/watch?v=JRI5FEQbn7o = archive.org/details/Eclipseoft (my favorite scene is in minute 45-46 when astronomers rush out of a telescope control room during totality to marvel at the eclipse with their own eyes). See also diary4dan.wordpress.com/2016/0 and skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/ ("Eine ungewöhnlich lange Totale Sonnenfinsternis") for further memories of that event I've found online 10 years ago and today.

  11. Free Maunakea observatory tour for Hawaiʻi residents shows up-close work of astronomers, scientists : Big Island Now

    Maunakea, a volcano that resemble’s a warrior’s shield resting on the ground, soars 13,803 feet high, creating a…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Astronomy #bigisland #KamaʻāinaObservatoryExperience #maunakea #Maunakeaobservatories #NASAInfraredTelescope #NationalScienceFoundation #noirlab #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/705197/

  12. #MaunaKea has long been regarded as the crown jewel of ground-based #astronomical observation.

    🇨🇳 Groundwork, mirror polishing and instrument development are already under way for the 14.5-metre Large Optical Telescope and the 6.5-metre Multiplexed Survey Telescope 🔭 scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on Earth, with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres nature.com/articles/s41586-021

    🗺️ #Lenghu Astronomical Observing Base openstreetmap.org/way/11073019

    #Astronomy

  13. #MaunaKea has long been regarded as the crown jewel of ground-based #astronomical observation.

    🇨🇳 Groundwork, mirror polishing and instrument development are already under way for the 14.5-metre Large Optical Telescope and the 6.5-metre Multiplexed Survey Telescope 🔭 scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on Earth, with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres nature.com/articles/s41586-021

    🗺️ #Lenghu Astronomical Observing Base openstreetmap.org/way/11073019

    #Astronomy

  14. #MaunaKea has long been regarded as the crown jewel of ground-based #astronomical observation.

    🇨🇳 Groundwork, mirror polishing and instrument development are already under way for the 14.5-metre Large Optical Telescope and the 6.5-metre Multiplexed Survey Telescope 🔭 scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on Earth, with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres nature.com/articles/s41586-021

    🗺️ #Lenghu Astronomical Observing Base openstreetmap.org/way/11073019

    #Astronomy

  15. #MaunaKea has long been regarded as the crown jewel of ground-based #astronomical observation.

    🇨🇳 Groundwork, mirror polishing and instrument development are already under way for the 14.5-metre Large Optical Telescope and the 6.5-metre Multiplexed Survey Telescope 🔭 scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on Earth, with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres nature.com/articles/s41586-021

    🗺️ #Lenghu Astronomical Observing Base openstreetmap.org/way/11073019

    #Astronomy

  16. #MaunaKea has long been regarded as the crown jewel of ground-based #astronomical observation.

    🇨🇳 Groundwork, mirror polishing and instrument development are already under way for the 14.5-metre Large Optical Telescope and the 6.5-metre Multiplexed Survey Telescope 🔭 scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau on Earth, with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres nature.com/articles/s41586-021

    🗺️ #Lenghu Astronomical Observing Base openstreetmap.org/way/11073019

    #Astronomy

  17. The Milky Way glitters above Hawai’i Island and the Pacific Ocean in this image captured from Gemini North

    Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Rodriguez

    noirlab.edu/public/images/DSC0

    #Maunakea #MilkyWay #Hawaii

  18. The Milky Way glitters above Hawai’i Island and the Pacific Ocean in this image captured from Gemini North

    Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Rodriguez

    noirlab.edu/public/images/DSC0

    #Maunakea #MilkyWay #Hawaii

  19. The Milky Way glitters above Hawai’i Island and the Pacific Ocean in this image captured from Gemini North

    Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Rodriguez

    noirlab.edu/public/images/DSC0

    #Maunakea #MilkyWay #Hawaii

  20. The Milky Way glitters above Hawai’i Island and the Pacific Ocean in this image captured from Gemini North

    Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Rodriguez

    noirlab.edu/public/images/DSC0

    #Maunakea #MilkyWay #Hawaii

  21. The Milky Way glitters above Hawai’i Island and the Pacific Ocean in this image captured from Gemini North

    Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Rodriguez

    noirlab.edu/public/images/DSC0

    #Maunakea #MilkyWay #Hawaii