Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Hawaii
Explanation:
Aloha [ http://www.ipl.org/…]! With the graceful arc of Earth's limb in the background, the Hawaiian Island [ http://visibleearth…] archipelago is visible in this stunning photo [ http://images.jsc.n…STS26/10062983.htm ] taken by the astronauts onboard the shuttle Discovery [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in October of 1988. Along with popular beaches and tropical resorts, these volcanic islands [ http://hvo.wr.usgs.…] offer extreme elevations with dark, dry, cloudless skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Consequently they have also become popular sites for large and sophisticated ground based telescopes [ http://www.ifa.hawa…]. The peak of Mauna Kea [ http://www.ifa.hawa…], on the Big Island (upper left), boasts an impressive array of astronomical instruments including twin Kecks [ http://astro.caltec…], the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope [ http://www.cfht.haw…], the NASA IRTF [ http://irtf.ifa.haw…], the JCMT and UKIRT [ http://www.jach.haw…], the Subaru [ http://www.naoj.org/] and the Gemini Telescope Project [ http://www.gemini.e…]. The dormant volcanic cone of Haleakala [ http://www.ifa.hawa…] on Maui (just below the Big Island) is home to the Air Force Maui Optical Station [ http://ulua.mhpcc.a…] and the Mees Solar Observatory [ http://koa.ifa.hawa…]. Mahalo nui loa [ http://www.ipl.org/…]!
Credit and Copyright:
//www.ksc.nasa.gov/s huttle/missions/sts- 26/ mission-sts-26.html" >STS-26 Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
observatory
keyword:
telescope
keyword:
space shuttle
keyword:
hawaii
facet_when:
1988
facet_where:
Hawaii
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
France
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Gemini
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_when_year:
1988
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap020427

Hawaii
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