Mauna Kea Observatory: Quick Facts

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Mauna Kea Observatory

The Subaru Telescope, a large cylindrical silver observatory building, stands on a barren slope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.

Three large observatory domes of the Keck Observatory sit atop the reddish summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, with clouds and blue sky in the background.

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