The Story of Mauna Kea, the White Mountain
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Mauna Kea is a geological behemoth, a holy kupuna (elder) in Hawaiian tradition, and a beacon for scientists from all over the world. It rises to 13,803 feet and is high above the turquoise waters of the Kohala Coast. Mauna Kea is known in Hawaiian as Mauna a Wākea, which means “the mountain of Wākea,…