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The dome of the Gemini North telescope can be seen on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, with shimmering star trails and satellite streaks arcing overhead.

The satellites were seen in the night skies near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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American holds 249 watts on gruelling five-hour Mauna Kea effort to reclaim crown

In a signal of renewed enthusiasm for a global scientific project, an official delegation from the Department of Science and Technology visited Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawai’i in the United States, to discuss “challenges” to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project.

The 89.5km Mauna Kea climb in Hawaii rises from sea-level to 4,214 metres with steep gravel sections on the way

American says he's in no rush to repeat nearly five hour climb

Mauna Kea is a 14,000-foot shield volcano in Hawaii’s Big Island

Using the Gemini North Telescope located near the Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii, the team behind the research spotted galactic cannibalism in action near the Virgo Cluster, a large grouping of thousands of galaxies relatively nearby to Earth.