The most stunning images of Hawaii's snowfall came on the Mauna Kea volcano, the highest mountain in Hawaii at nearly 14,000 feet above sea level.

A new state law says Mauna Kea, ... But the telescopes have also changed the summit landscape and have increasingly upset ... Hawaii, on July 17, 2019. Photo by Ryan Finnerty/Hawaii Public ...

Snow caps on the peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in 2021. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory. The snowfall which hit Hawaii occurred during what known as a "Kona Low," a low-pressure system ...

Hawaii's highest mountain is one of the most spectacular hikes on the planet, a place where the Arctic and the tropical meet. Lake Waiau is a surprising feature of Mauna Kea, a small but permanent ...

As Native Hawaiians' fight to regain stewardship of Mauna Kea, the planned site for the Thirty Meter Telescope, a new law puts astronomy decision making back in their hands.

The images were captured Jan. 18 by a camera at the summit of Mauna Kea outside the National Astronomical Observatory ... The summit of Mauna Kea has some of best viewing conditions on Earth ...

The images were captured on Jan. 28 by the Subaru Telescope, which is a Japanese-operated telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. Astronomers initially thought they were from a NASA satellite.

Mauna Kea, translated literally as “white mountain,” has the same progenitors — Wakea and Papahanaumoku — as the Hawaiian people, according to stories, prayers and chants.

Hawaii's highest summit has been blanketed in snow after the tropical hotspot was hit with a rare cold snap. Social media was swept with images of the Mauna Kea volcano as it was covered in a ...