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This panorama image features Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, supported in part by the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and operated by NSF NOIRLab and its neighboring telescopes on what appears to be on a flat landscape with low hills. But actually, these small peaks sit atop a much larger mountain. ⛰️ Maunakea is an inactive shield volcano and one of the tallest mountains on Earth. 🗻 It rises 4205 meters (13,786 feet) above sea level, but extends about 6000 meters (19,700 feet) below sea level to meet the deep ocean floor. ✨ Its total height is nearly 10,211 meters (33,500 feet). Theofanis Matsopoulos, the photographer, is a NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador. Download the high resolution version here: https://lnkd.in/e_vs35ty Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos #astronomy #maunakea #hawaii #astrophotography

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