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...thin mirror can flex it in and out until a star is as focused as possible. The NTT has already produced some of the sharpest images ever taken from the ground. A comparable system will be used in other projects, including the giant Keck Telescope under construction atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii...
There are huge waterfalls, black sand beaches and the Mauna Loa volcano, which is one of the few active volcanoes, in the world. You can still see it, although the tourist center was wiped out in a recent eruption--nature certainly remains dominant on this island...
Then there is a favorite tourist spot a little farther along the road--the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut factory. But don't expect to find John Hillerman, fending off several beautiful women as he munches away at his macadamia nuts...
...flanks of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, an instrument that records the concentration of carbon dioxide dumped into the atmosphere as a result of all this activity traces a wobbly rising line that gets steeper and steeper with time. Sometime in the next 50 years, say climatologists, all that carbon dioxide, trapping the sun's heat like a greenhouse, could begin to smother the planet, raising temperatures, turning farmland to desert, swelling oceans anywhere from four feet to 20 feet. Goodbye Venice, goodbye Bangladesh. Goodbye to millions of species of animals, insects and plants that haven't already succumbed to acid...
Guests can choose a hunting safari for wild boar, goats or pheasant on the slopes of Mauna Kea ($550 for the first person, $200 each for the next three). The game will be dressed and served for dinner that night, or shipped home upon request. Or deep-sea fishing on a luxury yacht ($1,380 for up to six people), Formula Ford race-car driving (not available until April), a day in the saddle with the paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) of the vast Kahua Ranch ($1,460 for four) or dinner at the Hulihee Palace, former home of the Hawaiian royalty...