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The Sky at Night
Season 27 · Episode 3
Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
0.0March 6, 1983
Mauna Kea, in the Hawaiian Islands, is almost 14,000 feet high. At its summit the air is thin and the skies are clear-which is why some of the world's largest telescopes have been set up there. Patrick Moore pays it a visit.