http://oddity59.geek.nz/2008/mauna-kea-the-sacred-high-desert Life in Wellington, New Zealand, with photos, and dogs Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://oddity59.geek.nz/2008/mauna-kea-the-sacred-high-desert/comment-page-1#comment-2419 Shuffling 100-ton antennas at 5 Km — KnowIT Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:14:57 +0000 http://oddity59.geek.nz/?p=601#comment-2419 [...] a tour to the observatories at the top of Mauna Kea. That was a great trip. I wrote about it in Mauna Kea: the sacred high desert: It’s a curious feeling to be up at 4,000 metres where life does not naturally exist. There [...] [...] a tour to the observatories at the top of Mauna Kea. That was a great trip. I wrote about it in Mauna Kea: the sacred high desert: It’s a curious feeling to be up at 4,000 metres where life does not naturally exist. There [...]

]]> http://oddity59.geek.nz/2008/mauna-kea-the-sacred-high-desert/comment-page-1#comment-2228 Unnecessary light pollutes our lives | KnowIT Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:14:27 +0000 http://oddity59.geek.nz/?p=601#comment-2228 [...] The National Geographic Magazine has an excellent article about Light Pollution: It was once thought that light pollution only affected astronomers, who need to see the night sky in all its glorious clarity. And, in fact, some of the earliest civic efforts to control light pollution — in Flagstaff, Arizona, half a century ago — were made to protect the view from Lowell Observatory, which sits high above that city. Flagstaff has tightened its regulations since then, and in 2001 it was declared the first International Dark Sky City. By now the effort to control light pollution has spread around the globe. More and more cities and even entire countries, such as the Czech Republic, have committed themselves to reducing unwanted glare. Observatories on Mauna Kea On my recent trip to Hawai’i I found I really enjoyed visiting the Big Island, home to a swag of observatories atop Mauna Kea. [See Mauna Kea: the sacred high desert.] [...] [...] The National Geographic Magazine has an excellent article about Light Pollution: It was once thought that light pollution only affected astronomers, who need to see the night sky in all its glorious clarity. And, in fact, some of the earliest civic efforts to control light pollution — in Flagstaff, Arizona, half a century ago — were made to protect the view from Lowell Observatory, which sits high above that city. Flagstaff has tightened its regulations since then, and in 2001 it was declared the first International Dark Sky City. By now the effort to control light pollution has spread around the globe. More and more cities and even entire countries, such as the Czech Republic, have committed themselves to reducing unwanted glare. Observatories on Mauna Kea On my recent trip to Hawai’i I found I really enjoyed visiting the Big Island, home to a swag of observatories atop Mauna Kea. [See Mauna Kea: the sacred high desert.] [...]

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