Thanks for the comment. Yes, those are telescopes in the background. This site, is known as "Science City," and is situated on a hll near the summit of the Haleakala volcano on Maui, almost 10,000 feet above sea level:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/haleakala/ http://www.photovault.com/Link/Universe/Observatories/Radio/Places/ScienceCityObservatory.html One of the very large and unusually shaped structures is a solar observatory that my wife and I visited several years ago. ("Haleakala" means "house of the sun" in Hawaiian.) Some of the domes are operated by universities and agencies of foreign counties. One area has telescopes owned and operated by the US military. The "Star Wars" technology that was being developed by the US Department of Defense was tested at this location. Visiting the summit before sunrise is an exciting experience and one of the great activities on Maui. Since the summit is 10,000 feet above sea level, the shadows are of extreme length in the minutes after sunrise, and shown in my shot. The greatest thrill of all is to take a pre-dawn van ride up to the summit, watch the sunrise, and they bike back down from 10,000 feet to sea level at the surfing town of Paia. On Nov 17, 2007 9:02 AM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan, > Interesting photo. > The lighting makes it almost look like a minature model, not full size. > Are those telescopes in the background? > Regards, Bob S. > > On Nov 16, 2007 10:00 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing special; just a cool word that I wanted to illustrate: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6646233 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
