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The Best Star-Gazing in the World
by Kathryn Whitbourne | September 9, 2011
If you’re into star-gazing, you can’t do better than Mauna Kea. The highest mountain in Hawaii boasts of pollution-free air, cloud-free skies and a very dry atmosphere which becomes important when measuring infrared radiation from heavenly bodies. Some 11 nations have telescopes there and the combined light-gathering power is 15 times more than that of [...]
Surprise, Surprise: Hawaiians Are Happiest
by Amanda Arnold | March 16, 2011
Alright, folks. Gallup-Healthways has conducted a huge survey to evaluate the “well-being” of the United States, and according to its findings, you need to book a plane ticket to one of the following top five happiest states: Hawaii, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska and Colorado.
And here’s why this is urgent …
In today’s eathquake and tsunami in Japan, the tsunami was caused by the rise of a tectonic plate under the ocean. Tectonic plates are huge, and if they move upward by several feet it displaces a gigantic amount of ocean water – many cubic miles of water. As the water hits shorelines, the size of [...]
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano, at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, is putting on a show right now, folks. On Saturday, its floor dropped about 377 feet, opening up a crack from which lava spewed 80 feet into the air (with true volcanic flair, I might add). Today’s not the day to go hiking or camping at the volcano: The fissure has expanded about a third of a mile, according to the Guardian, and there’s a threat of lethal sulfur dioxide in the air.
But …
We did a podcast a short while ago about volcanoes. It was one of the more interesting ones if you ask me. Crazy to think how volatile the ground beneath our feet can be. As a great illustration of that volatility, here’s a cool article from the CNN blog today about a volcano in Hawaii that’s going nutso because of a crater collapse. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments below.
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