MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY, HAWAII

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000700600001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 1, 1983
• Content Type: MAP

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Hawaii
the Big Island
Elevations in feet
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 In the moonscape of lava cones atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano, the U. S., infrared telescopes. The island location is free from atmospheric turbulence induced
United Kingdom, Canada, and France have raised a cluster of observatories. by landmasses, as well as light pollution from cities. Logistic support can be
Nearly three miles in altitude, they stand above almost half the earth's shared. A real problem for astronomers, however, is that too few such telescopes
atmosphere and 90 percent of its water vapor, excellent for ground-based are available for the research that needs to be done.
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