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Definition: Mauna Kea |
Mauna KeaNoun1. An active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Road to Mauna Kea (1979) | |
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The elevation and location of Mauna Kea have made it an important location for atmospheric and astronomical observations. The summit is widely known for its observatories built by many nations, the best seeing disk with a measurement of ~0.2 arcseconds.
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 | Star forming region in the nebula NCG 2366, in the Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366, as imaged by HST and the Canada-France-Hawaii (CFHT) 3.6-meter telescope on Mauna Kea.Credit: NASA. |  | Camera station on east rift of Mauna Kea Cooperative studies between C&GS and USGS Deployed off of SURVEYOR.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Mauna Kea above the cloud layer.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mauna Kea as seen from the Mauna Loa Observatory.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Photo #1 of sequence. A view of snow-capped Mauna Kea as seen from Mauna Loa.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A view of snow-capped Mauna Kea as seen over an aa lava flow from Mauna Loa.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The Mauna Kea astronomical observatories as seen from the air in winter. Mauna Loa is visible in the background.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The Mauna Kea astronomical observatories as seen from the air in winter.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The Mauna Kea astronomical observatories as seen from the air in winter. Mauna Loa is visible in the background.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ||
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| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-k-m-n-u" | |
-2 letters: unmake. | |
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