The summit of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet) offers the best viewing of the Cosmos . . . .

Ptah

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Fri Jul-17-09 10:15 PM
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The summit of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet) offers the best viewing of the Cosmos . . . .

The summit of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet) offers the best viewing of the Cosmos
in the northern hemisphere and this film delivers a pure esthetic experience
from the mountain into the Universe.

Seven years in the making, this cinematic symphony reveals the spectacular
beauty of the mountain and its connection to the Cosmos through the magical
influence of time-lapse cinematography scored exclusively (no narration)
with the awe-inspiring, critically acclaimed, Halo music by Martin O'Donnell
and Michael Salvatori. Daytime and nighttime landscapes and skyscapes
alternate with stunning true color images of the Universe captured by an
observatory on Mauna Kea, all free of any computer generated imagery.

http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/trailer2.html

Here are some stills from the Hawaiian Starlight film:

http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/images.html

:wow:

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hippywife

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Sat Jul-18-09 07:03 AM
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1. All I'm getting is music

with the introductory frame and no film. :shrug:

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KamaAina

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Sat Jul-18-09 12:45 PM
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2. Factoid: It *snows* up there on occasion

once or twice per winter on average. Cell phones buzz and Twitter tweets from Hilo to Kaua'i as snowboarders descend on the mountain while they can. The people who work at the observatories even have to have snow chains 'n' stuff!

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