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The construction of the 18-story, $1.4 billion Thirty-Meter Telescope atop the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii has been temporarily halted due to protests.
The campaign has garnered celebrity support and participants across the world:
Supporters of the project point out that there are already 13 telescopes built within that conservation zone. But none are as large as the latest planned structure, dubbed the Thirty-Meter Telescope, which would require the destruction of five acres of land.
The Honolulu-born Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa posted pictures on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #WeAreMaunaKea, That and the hashtag #ProtectMaunaKea have seen big jumps in use this week. San Francisco Giants' pitcher Madison Bumgarner, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and Momoa's on-screen spouse, Emilia Clarke, and real-life partner, Lisa Bonet, also got involved.
Momoa's Instagram account is currently dedicated to the issue with a link to an online petition pasted as his status. The Instagram account @ProtectMaunakea also hosts pictures of hundreds of people who have posted signs in support of the conservation efforts. Organisers protested off social media as well by holding a worldwide sign waving with participants from Hawaii, Alaska, New York City, Las Vegas, Kentucky, Arizona, Tahiti and Tonga.
The Thirty-Meter Telecope's web site also has coverage.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @08:08PM
When this current world culture finally becomes extinct, and another culture takes hold many years later, makes scientific progress, they won't find anything special belonging to this time. Like we find huge tombs of Pharos in Egypt and elsewhere in the world.
We have cities covering entire continental coastlines, we have a trans-planetary communications network, we have spots stadiums that dwarf anything Romans and Greeks ever built, we have factories, roads, airports... so many impressive things that the ancient world couldn't dream of!
Call me a nerd, but that's way cooler that oversized tombstones.
Little creatures always thinking of their own conservation
As do big creatures. The technical term for those who don't is "extinct".
as if their culture/religion is the most important thing ever
That's because it is, importance is relative.