Life @ 14000'...

This isn't going to be a long post, just some photos. Yesterday I traveled to the top of Mauna Kea mountain, I believe it to be the highest point in north America! The peak of Mauna Kea is some 14000' (and change) with an atmosphere about 60% that of sea level. I did not notice many of the effects of the altitude that people said I might, which is a good thing. But I certainly did on some of the other people, shortness of breath, physical fatigue, etc.

We were up there to check the fitment of a device to added to the JCMT radio telescope and I took some of that time to take some photos.

Taken from the road to Mauna Kea...



Taken from the JCMT parking lot...



Backing Structure of the JCMT primary mirror...



SCUBA (an instrument), the second coldest place on earth(orange drum), 0.070K for those physics buffs...







The primary and secondary mirror of the JCMT...



Oh Canada...







Yes, That is in Kelvin...



And some of the terrain, Mars or Earth?...



































The highest restaurant in the United States...




that's it for now...