KamLAND Collaboration/Environmental Grantfunders Mauna Kea Summit Tour
The KamLAND Collaboration members and the Environmental Grantfunders enjoyed separate, but concurrent tours of several Mauna Kea Observatory summit facilities, including Subaru Telescope, IRTF, the UH-88 and the Keck visitors gallery. A dinner at Hale Pohaku was followed by a Hawaiian cultural presentation by Koa Ell and Stargazing!
Dr Nishimura gathers a group of high energy particle physicists around Subaru Telescope Environmental Grantfunder members were enthralled by Koa's presentation
Eric Tollestrup gives a tour of the IRTF, while wonderboy Mike Connelley looks on Eric showing the KamLAND Collaboration group the IRTF control room "Yes, that is a PDP-11"