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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @08:09PM
Most people have no idea how big an acre is, and think it is much larger than reality. 5 acres would be 0.0202 km^2, 0.0078 mi^2, or 217,800 ft^2. Or from the department of stupid modern measurements, approximately 4.5 (US) football fields if you ignore the endzones.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @09:01AM
Especially most people outside the U.S.
Since 5 has only one significant digit, 5 acres would be 0.02 km^2. Or shorter: 2 ha.
And for the European (who of course play metric football, err … soccer), it's slightly below 3 soccer fields. (Our fields are larger than yours! ;-))
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday April 13 2015, @06:10PM
Since 5 has only one significant digit, 5 acres would be 0.02 km^2. Or shorter: 2 ha.
5 acres will never be 0.02km^2.
Approximately 5 acres (absent any information as to how accurate that measurement is) would conventionally have a conversion to km^2 written in such way, yes, but if the exact measurement was 5 acres, there's no reason not to add a few more significant digits to the converted value.
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