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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @10:22PM
> Isn't Wikipedia a nice and quick place to reach for the basic info? One click away:
Reality doesn't matter to frojack.
Reality has a well-known liberal bias and he can't have the correctness of his thoughts polluted with liberal bias.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @10:57PM
I really fail to get the difference between "well-known liberal bias" and the plain just-"liberal bias" (perhaps because I ceased paying attention to what exactly the "liberal" term means).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @11:24PM
Google the phrase.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @03:26AM
Reality has a "liberal bias" because nothing in reality goes along with any viewpoint or policy put forth by conservatives; nothing, literally nothing they do, think, or push for is supported by anything in reality, but rather than accept the facts, they claim its a giant conspiracy working against them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @09:09AM
Given that Republicans support what they do, think or push for, I therefore conclude that Republicans are not anything in reality. While it is nice to know that Republicans don't actually exist, I wonder then who currently holds the congress that allegedly is held by Republicans.