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Really nice picture taken by OLI (Operational Land Imager) on the Landsat 8 satellite of snow on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on Christmas day. Clicking on the top picture gives you access to a large version of the image (6K x 6K pixels).
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89356
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Thanks, Tom! Very cool. Have to show my wife in the morning. We drove over the saddle last week on Monday. We hadn't seen snow on Mauna Loa till then.
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"Very cool."
In more ways than one, Jon!
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A very interesting photo. Thanks. TomK will we be able to see this comet in our Hawaiian sky on new years Eve? "Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková" (assuming there is no clouds etc.)
http://www.universetoday.com/131745/prev...-december/
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Hi, Andrew. Unfortunately, it will be very close to the sun on New Year's Eve and almost impossible to see (certainly not with the naked eye). It sets around 8 pm but is very close to the horizon when it gets dark. If you can spot the new crescent moon, the comet will be slightly below it.
February 2017 will be a much better opportunity to see the comet as it approaches the earth. You'll likely still need binoculars though.
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Great picture
Hope I see the comet in February. I remember when we had the one that was so easy to see, Hale-Bopp or something like that! A little girl who lived in my building was talking about it an called it "the thing with a tail"
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