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| Left. The East Pond vent, on the eastern side of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, has hosted a small lava pond for the last couple of years. Sloshing and weak spattering on the pond surface frequently ejects small pieces of spatter and Pele’s tears. The small wooden boxes, seen in this photo on the edge of the vent just below the area of strongest spattering, are used to collect these stray pieces of lava. Chemical analyses of the spatter and tears allows us to study the evolution of the lava to better understand the eruption. Right. The Petunia flow, which began in mid-May, continues to push toward the southeast. The upper part of the lava flow has already evolved into a well-developed lava tube that easily transports lava down-slope to feed the terminus of the lengthening flow. A new skylight near the breakout point of the flow provides the first look of the 3-meter-wide lava stream inside the tube. | |
Lava toes and old roads
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| Left. While pictures showing the spectacular side of volcanic eruptions are what generally captures the imagination, the little details can often be just as interesting. This photo shows off the fascinating surface texture of a barely active toe of lava. Right. Large `a`ā flows invaded the upper reaches of the Royal Gardens subdivision between 1983 and 1986. Since that time, pāhoehoe flows have surrounded the subdivision and cut off access by road. Earlier this year, lava from the Campout flow buried the last remnants of Royal Gardens at the base of the pali. This photo shows one of the subdivision streets, its bottom buried by lava, disappearing up-slope into the rain. | |
Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hawai'i. The site preserves the ruins of Pu'ukoholā Heiau ("Temple on the Hill of the Whale"), a temple built by King Kamehameha the Great between 1790 and 1791 to incur the favor of the war god Kuka'ilimoku.
A visitor center operated by the National Park Service is located at the site. An interpretive trail begins at the visitor center and leads to the ruins of Pu'ukoholā.
Source: Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celebrating a Great Day
King Kamehameha Day is June 11
Kamehameha the Great united the islands and became the foremost man in Hawaii, the man on whom the fate of his nation rested...
A frequently cited example of Kamehameha's change of character involves Mamalahoe Kanawai, the Law of the Splintered Paddle. Kamehameha decreed the law after bothered for years about an incident in which he unnecessarily attacked unarmed civilians of his enemy that were fishing on the rocks off the coast south of Hilo. Kamehameha caught his foot in a rock crevice during the attack and a fleeing fisherman smashed a paddle over his head before rescuers could arrive, Kane said.
"Years later, a repentant Kamehameha had the fishermen found and brought to him, shaking with terror," Kane said. "But Kamehameha apologized and proclaimed the Law of the Splintered Paddle, freeing the people to travel about the Kingdom, secure from wanton attacks or restraints by their chiefs."...
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Aloha! From the cold barren heights of a 10,000 ft (3055 m) volcanic peak to the warm Pacific water… Haleakala welcomes you.
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Haleakala National Park
Haleakala, Maui
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A Chinese lion dancer during the Chinese New Year Block Party on Alii Drive, Kona, Hawaii in 2005!
Chinese New Year events in West Hawaii:
- The Tong Wo Society will hold its traditional Chinese New Year celebration and potluck luncheon Feb. 18 at the society's building. The event starts at 11 a.m. with the traditional lion dance and firecrackers. The potluck lunch follows.
The Tong Wo Society building in Kohala, which was built in 1884, is the oldest Chinese-type structure in the state. It is about three miles from the King Kamehameha statue toward Pololu, just past the first horseshoe turn on the mauka side. The two-story Victorian structure can been seen from the highway.
Donations from the celebration will be used to pay for some of the repairs caused to the building by the Oct. 15 earthquakes.
- The Rotary Club of Kona Mauka will be holding a one-of-a-kind fundraising event on Chinese New Year. The cultural experience will take place at Dr. David Hiranaka and Dr. Joan Greco's residence, also known as the Glass House, in Kailua-Kona starting at 5:30 p.m.
The evening will showcase traditional Chinese activities such as calligraphy, basic tai chi instruction, Chinese music, Asian art, the Chinese horoscope, a lion dance and information about Chinese New Year. The menu will feature authentic Chinese cuisine. Tickets are $75 each and includes food, wine, entertainment and a silent auction. All proceeds will go toward activities and scholarships for the youth at Konawaena High School.
- Note: Kailua-Kona's annual Chinese New Year Block Party was canceled this year.
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Microsoft has unveiled a public beta of its MSN Soapbox video-upload service, its competitor to Google's popular YouTube service.
The service, which Microsoft unveiled last September, has been available to beta testers only by invitation for several months. But now anyone can test out the service by going to this Web site, reports the the LiveSide blog, which tracks Microsoft's Windows Live Internet services...
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Computerworld - Microsoft's YouTube rival arrives in public beta
President Bush Welcomes Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes
President George W. Bush receives a personalized team sweater from the Carolina Hurricane's team captain, Rod Brind'Amour, as the team was honored Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at the White House for winning the 2006 Stanley Cup. White House photo by Paul Morse
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President Bush Welcomes Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes
Agenda Set For Upcoming Planetary Defense Conference
"Some believe that all of this is science fiction," Dr. William H. Ailor stated, "but we know that an asteroid (Apophis) 300 meters in diameter, large enough to cause serious damage, will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth-closer than our weather satellites-in 2029, and an impact by the same asteroid in 2036 cannot be ruled out. This conference will help improve our readiness should we need to defend our planet in the future."
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Agenda Set For Upcoming Planetary Defense Conference
HONOLULU - NASA astronaut Edward Lu is campaigning for a new spacecraft that would divert asteroids on a path to slam into Earth.
The small space tractor, costing between $200 million and $300 million, would hover near an asteroid to exert enough gravitational pull that the space rock's orbit would change and a collision with our planet would be averted, Lu told an audience at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Monday night.
"We're only trying to get a really tiny change in the velocity of the asteroid to prevent an impact," said Lu, a former University of Hawaii solar physicist.
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Astronaut touts asteroid-bumping mission - Space News - MSNBC.com
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Posted: January 19,2007 04:48 PM
Jim Mendoza - jmendoza@kgmb9.com
Hawaii Superferry's ticket to interisland travel is still 4,000 miles away in Mobile, Alabama. But it's closer to setting sail for home port...
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Superferry Out of Dry Dock - KGMB9 - Hawaii's Severe Weather Station | KGMB9 Top Stories
Since it formed over 4.5 billion years ago, Earth has been hit many times by asteroids and comets whose orbits bring them into the inner solar system. These objects, collectively known as Near Earth Objects or NEOs, still pose a danger to Earth today. What can be done if one of these surveys finds an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth? Scientists and engineers are looking at ways of using a spacecraft to gently change the orbit of an asteroid. One promising approach is the "gravity tractor" invented by NASA astronauts Ed Lu and Stan Love. Hear from UH Institute for Astronomy researchers David Tholen, Robert Jedicke, Nick Kaiser, and NASA astronaut Ed Lu as they discuss the potential threat of Killer Asteroids and what we can do about them.
Asteroids: What are they?
Dr David Tholen is a planetary astronomer at the UH Institute for Astronomy and the discoverer of Apophis, an asteroid that will pass within 20,000 miles of the Earth in 2029.
Asteroids: How Dangerous are they?
Dr Robert Jedicke is an astronomer at the UH Institute for Astronomy, following an earlier career as a particle physicist. He is responsible for designing the software that will determine the orbits of any new asteroids that Pan-STARRS discovers.
Asteroids: How can we find then?
Dr Nick Kaiser is a cosmologist at the UH Institute for Astronomy. He is the director of the Pan-STARRS telescope project in Hawaii that will soon be the world's most powerful instrument for discovering moving objects such as asteroids.
Asteroids: How could we protect ourselves from them?
Dr Ed Lu used to be a solar physicist at the UH Institute for Astronomy before becoming a NASA astronaut in 1995. He spent six months aboard the International Space Station in 2003. More recently he has proposed a "gravity tractor" that could alter the orbit of a dangerous asteroid if necessary.
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AstroTalk - Killer Asteroids
Panoramic telescope could provide early warning
by Bobby Command
West Hawaii Today
bcommand@westhawaiitoday.com
Saturday, January 6, 2007 9:02 AM HST
A system designed to survey the skies for potentially threatening objects near Earth is being proposed for the summit of Mauna Kea.
The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System involves a wide-field imaging facility being developed at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.
It will be the subject of 6 p.m. scoping meetings on Jan. 23 at Kealakehe Intermediate School, Jan. 24 at the Waimea Civic Center and Jan. 25 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Campus Center.
By combining relatively small mirrors with very large digital cameras, the Institute for Astronomy would develop and deploy an economical observing system able to observe the entire available sky several times each month.
The immediate goal of the system, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, would search for and characterize Earth-approaching objects, both asteroids and comets, that might pose a danger to our planet.
A huge volume of images produced by this system would also provide valuable data for many other kinds of scientific programs, including large-scale mapping of the universe.
According to the Institute for Astronomy, the threat posed by these objects is small, but the projected outcome of such a collision could range from local devastation to an extinction-level event.
Many scientists agree that an asteroid about 10 miles in diameter struck the Yucatan area about 65 million years ago, helping cause the extinction of dinosaurs. Another collision about 50,000 years ago caused the Barringer Meteor Crater near Flagstaff, Ariz., and released energy estimated to be equivalent to that of a large thermonuclear device.
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UH System Current News, HI - 5 hours ago
HAWAII - Replacing a University of Hawaii telescope atop Mauna Kea with one that can spot Earth-threatening asteroids and comets is the subject of public ...
Sponsors of Pan-STARRS project seeking support
KPUA, HI - 12 hours ago
By AP. HILO, Hawaii (AP) _ Sponsors of the Pan-STARRS project are trying a new approach to win public support for the latest astronomy project on Mauna Kea. ...
Hawaii astronomers say Mauna Kea is the preferred site for the new ...
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - 20 hours ago
By Helen Altonn. Mauna Kea would be the best place scientifically for a proposed telescope to track potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids and comets, ...
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President Bush Visits Hawaii!!!
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