8 images
Not Mars
High-altitude basalt topography and optical enclosures stationed above the cloud deck. A stark study of deep-space research architecture anchored to the Pacific's highest volcanic summit, Mauna Kea, Hawaii. 4207m.
Ground Control
The SMA radio telescope array perched on the summit of Mauna Kea, above the clouds at over 4,000m.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Atmosphere Gap
Sunset from the volcanic summit of Mauna Kea, looking across the inversion layer above the Pacific Ocean.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Outpost
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope facility on the Mauna Kea summit, situated well above the cloud deck at over 4,000m
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Outposts
The summit of Mauna Kea at dusk, with observatory enclosures rising above the Pacific cloud layer.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Moonrise Over Basalt
The summit plateau of Mauna Kea at twilight, resting well above the marine layer.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Outpost
The volcanic landscape at the summit of Mauna Kea, captured under a moonlit sky above the cloud deck.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Otherworld
Looking out from the Mauna Kea summit plateau, with the cloud deck obscuring the Pacific ocean below at midnight.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Zenith
The basalt slopes of Mauna Kea at night, with the summit ridge silhouetted against a cloud deck hovering above the Pacific.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii