More than 14,000 feet high,  Mauna Kea rises above the Hawaiian landscape.  Some of the world's most sophisticated telescopes...

Mauna Kea

Big Island, Hawaii

More than 14,000 feet high, Mauna Kea rises above the Hawaiian landscape. Some of the world's most sophisticated telescopes are housed in giant silos at its peak. It is also the one place in Hawaii where it actually snows in winter! Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.