The top of an extinct volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii - a real Mecca

The top of an extinct volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii - a real Mecca for astronomers observers from around the world. Here, at an altitude of 4200 meters above sea level are some of the most advanced tools for studying astronomical objects of the northern hemisphere.

The astronomer and amateur photographer Tom Kerr (Tom Kerr), working at the observatory, made a series of stunning images of telescopes and the surrounding landscape. Cloudy night, cold winter expanses, tower telescope in the light of the evening sun

Canadian French-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The tower is closed, tense night work is completed.


Telescope "Keck-2" on the background of clouds and Mount Haleakala National Park, which is located on the neighboring island of Maui



Telescope "Gemini» (Gemini) starts to work.



On the Sunset. Tower telescope "Gemini" opens.



Tourists watching the sunset, standing on a hillside near the Mauna Kea telescope "Gemini". In the background - the tower of the Canada-France Hawaii Telescope.



Infrared Telescope IRTF (Infrared Telescope Facility), belonging to NASA. The diameter of the telescope mirror - 3 meters.



10-meter Telescope. Keck. Between the clouds.



"Subaru" and the twin Keck telescopes, the Keck 1 and 2 together with evening clouds.



Sleeping giant. Ten-meter telescopes of the Keck 1 and Keck 2



Keck 1 and Keck-2 preparing for the observations.



Panorama Mauna Kea Observatories in the moonlight.



Night bombing of the US Army somewhere between Mauna Kea and Mauna Lo spawned flash illuminates the cloud layer.



Pacific Ocean from a height of more than four kilometers. In the foreground - Japanese telescope "Subaru».



The name "Subaru" is translated from Japanese as "Pleiades." The telescope has a primary mirror diameter of 8, 2 meters. It entered service in 1999



Japanese Tower telescope "Subaru" in the sun.







VLBA telescope on Mauna Kea in the morning to continue monitoring



Infrared Telescope UKIRT (British ifrakrasny telescope) in the moonlight.