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Monday, April 13, 2015

"Mauna Kea and the world's largest telescope..." 'Kimo's world #67' (Please comment!)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired Professional photographer
and publisher. Rosen lives on the beautiful Garden Island of Kaua'i
with his best friend Obama Da Dog.
Rosen also posts the Sunrise daily on his Facebook Timeline.

This blog also appeared as a opinion article in the 04-14-15 edition of The garden Island Newspaper;

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-april/article_77cca1e6-e26f-11e4-a430-7fb3eefa3371.html

Kimo's world,#67

Mauna Kea and the world's largest telescope

The land in Hawaii is all sacred. How do we as society ages decide which land is more sacred?

The roads in Wailua near the bridge are all sacred, does this mean we should not drive there? Imagine no traffic, that would be nice, but not a reality.

This meme was used on
Social media to promote this blog.
The title was changed to
Mauna Kea and the world's largest telescope.

Political activists and many people not only in Hawaii but all over the world have been holding vigils and demonstrations objecting to what authorities are calling the world's largest telescope to ever be erected on top of the 13,796 ft Mauna Kea mountain on Hawaii's Big island.

The protesters believe the mountain is sacred and that the 180 foot telescope threatens sacred shrines, burials and the islands water supply?

This is somewhat paradoxical since the mountain already hosts 13 other telescopes. Activists are saying that 14 was just the breaking point .

Scientists say,"the location is ideal because of its dark skies, good astronomical seeing, low humidity and position above most of the water vapor in the atmosphere, clean air, good weather and almost equatorial location."

Right when you think there is no more our islands can say no to, a thirty meter telescope comes into play.

No ferries, no dairies, no GMO's, no gluten, no plastic bags, no new roads, no Walmart super center, no smart meters, no barbecues and now the icing on the cake, no telescopes.

You know what's so ironic about the TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope) protests? It's being broadcast and shared around the world via social media and broadcast news in part to the research gathered by high tech telescopes!

Stay tuned to what's next on the list of A’ole,(NO!)

My dream is no traffic, no hurricanes and no more racism.

This blog also appeared as a opinion article in the 04-14-15 edition of The garden Island Newspaper;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-april/article_77cca1e6-e26f-11e4-a430-7fb3eefa3371.html

This meme was used on Facebook to
promote this blog! ;-)

Check out a great blog on the same subject form the Farmers daughter (Joni Kamiya Rose)
"Hawaii is Not the A’ole State”
http://hawaiifarmersdaughter.com/2015/04/09/hawaii-is-not-the-aole-state/?hc_location=ufi

Read what the Huffington Post has to say!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/thirty-meter-telescope-construction-paused_n_7021268.html

A NATIVE HAWAIIAN ASTROPHYSICIST'S MANA‘O ON THE 30 METER TELESCOPE
http://www.welivemana.com/articles/native-hawaiian-astrophysicists-mana%E2%80%98o-thirty-meter-telescope

KHON news in Honolulu has some great coverage too;
http://khon2.com/2015/04/08/debate-over-planned-telescope-project-on-mauna-kea-goes-national-

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Hawaii News Now, UH system wide walkout planned;
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/28788432/uh-system-wide-walkout-planned-in-protest-of-thirty-meter-telescope-project

KHON, The latest news as of 04-13-15-UH says TMT will be last project, plans to decommission telescopes
http://khon2.com/2015/04/13/uh-says-tmt-will-be-last-project-plans-to-decommission-telescopes/