Re: OT: Eruption on Hawaii

On 4/10/25 14:09, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 4/10/2025 2:48 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

In article <vt91nn$3h2kb$2@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36  <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:

On 4/10/25 00:54, Charles Packer wrote:

>
I'm going to Honolulu next month for my mother's 104th birthday.
So I hope Pele will bless me with an eruption like that while I'm
there and I'll hop a flight to the Big Island in a heartbeat.

>
It is very "hit or miss". Just because it is erupting today, doesn't
mean that it will be erupting tomorrow, or even in two hours. Good luck.

>
But, even if it's not erupting, Kilauea is beautiful and worth the visit.
It's dry right now so you won't see the sort of orchids you'd see later in
the year but it's still magnificent.
--scott

 If you have time, and can manage the altitude, visit the Mauna Loa
Observatory. You need to go on one of the jitney tours (no car rentals).
You won't be able to enter the telescope domes, but the view is other
worldly.

I would have loved to do that. There were two problems.
1. The rangers there were actively making sure that no one went up that road that didn't have 4WD.
2. My wife does not handle altitude well. I'm not sure I handle it well any more.

 It's at nearly 14,000 feet, and we stopped for a while at 9000 (where
the base station is) to acclimate.
 Our tour was timed to start descending just after sunset, and the driver
stopped partway down to give us a sky tour, using a powerful handheld
laser as a pointer, in the darkest sky you'll probably ever experience.

That sounds fantastic.

  pt

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