Mauna Kea
Searching the Universe while Destroying the Earth
By Henry Curtis
Mauna Kea: Picture by SOEST
The Geography
Imagine a single mountain 60 miles long and 30 miles wide, standing almost five miles tall. Mauna Loa (Long Mountain) is the second highest mountain in the world.
Mauna Loa is dwarfed by the world’s tallest mountain: Mauna Wakea (Mountain of Wakea) aka Mauna Kea (White Mountain). Like Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea rises from the seabed with less than half of its height above sea level.