Maunakea Sunrise
Posted on 07/13/2019 12:47:07 AM PDT by Jyotishi
The Thirty Meter Telescope is being built atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii's tallest mountain
Illustration showing the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island.Thirty Meter Telescope / via AP file
HONOLULU -- Construction on a giant telescope will start again next week after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on Hawaii's tallest mountain will desecrate land sacred to some Native Hawaiians.
State officials announced Wednesday that the road to the top of Mauna Kea mountain on the Big Island will be closed starting Monday as equipment is delivered.
Scientists revere the mountain for its summit above the clouds that provides a clear view of the sky with very little air and light pollution. Astronomers say it will allow them to reach back 13 billion years to answer fundamental questions about the advent of the universe.
The Thirty Meter Telescope project got approval to move forward last month. While it was the final legal step, opponents vowed to keep fighting and even get arrested if necessary to stop construction.
Gov. David Ige said unarmed National Guard units will be used to transport personnel and supplies and enforce some road closures, but they will not be used in a law enforcement capacity during planned protests.
"We just are asking people to be safe ... we certainly would ask that they be respectful of those who have to work on this project," Ige said. "We certainly are being respectful of those who choose to voice their disagreement with the project -- we understand that that's important as well."
Four protesters held signs in the reception area of the governor's office after officials announced construction plans. Protests at the mountain will be peaceful, Healani Sonoda-Pale said.
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...after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on Hawaii's tallest mountain will desecrate land sacred to some Native Hawaiians.
Gosh, that's a shame. :^D
How can this be? Hawaii is controlled by Democrats...?
HONOLULU — Construction on a giant telescope will start again next week after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on Hawaii’s tallest mountain will desecrate land sacred to some Native Hawaiians.
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All humans in Hawaii come from somewhere else.
A large campaign or foundation donation goes a long ways with DemonRATs.
No worse than windmills and solar panels. At least this may contribute positively to hunan knowledge
I hear they can see Putin all the way from there.
WHY in the world would anyone ‘protest’ this?
“Native Hawaiians” claim that the telescope is being constructed on their sacred land.
“All humans in Hawaii come from somewhere else.”
MICRONESIA MYSTERY — On a tiny island of Micronesia lies one of archaeology great mysteries — the ruins of the ancient canal city of Nan Madol (500 CE), home of 1,000 royal and elite islanders. [...] Nan Madol disappeared in the 17th century. According to archaeologist Prof. Ayres (University of Oregon) the intricacy of the design suggests external cultural influence, probably from Asia. This may give weight to the theory that Hinduism once flourished deep into the Pacific, as far as Hawaii.
— Hinduism Today Magazine, December 1992
While they inject illegal drugs live on the streets and commit crimes
Maybe we should start sacrificing protesters to propitiate the angry Leftist gods. After all, that should slightly lessen humans’ carbon footprint.
Always these nativist flat earthers protesting desecration of their rock, because the telescope will show them other rocks that are far more majestic and extraordinary than their own rock...
One has to have a pretty empty life to protest every attempt to understand where we come from.
Hawaiian Gods came from Mauna Kea. It is the source of their ancient beliefs. Building a huge telescope, I think it was 18 stories tall, is the same as building a telescope on the Wailing Wall, Vatican, and Dome of the Rock.
These Hawaiians are full of sh**. You think they dropped from the sky and populated this volcano remains?
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