Mauna Kea rises 4205 meters from sea level.
Measured from the sea bed below, it is over 10,000 meters (approx. 32,800 ft.) tall compared to 8,848 meters (29,029 ft.) for Mount Everest.
Recently, National Geographic Society has determined Everest to be 6 feet taller at 29,035 feet.
10-12-2011:
At the Clip and Dip / Kam Hwy intersection in Wahiawa:
Seven, or so, motorcycle policemen hiding behind cars picking off idiots talking on their cell phones!
Les said tickets were about $100...I personally think it should be $500.
That would be a great deterent. Click this text for my take on driving safely.
Upcoming photographic projects:
Oahu's Giant Hopping Rats - Kalihi Valley
North Shore Polite Paparazzi - "Paparazzo" is the surname
of the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita."