Video of the Final Finisher at the 2012 Hawaii Ironman World Championship.

Video of the final finisher at the 2012 Hawaii Ironman World Championship:

77 year old Harriet Anderson from San Carlos, California was the 1,886th athlete to cross the finish line at the 2012 Ironman World Championship on Saturday, October 13th under the 17 hour deadline.  And she did it with 41 seconds (officially) to spare.

Harriet Anderson crosses the Ironman finish line just before the 17 hour deadline elapses.

More here: Final Finisher at 2012 Hawaii Ironman

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3.8 Magnitude Earthquake Just Shakes the Big Island of Hawaii

Magnitude	3.7  3.8 *Updgraded*
Date-Time	Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 01:56:21 PM at epicenter
Location	19.312°N, 155.216°W
Depth	9 km (5.6 miles)
Region	ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
Distances	15 km (10 miles) S (172°) from Volcano, HI 20 km (12 miles) SSW (207°) from Fern Forest, HI 23 km (14 miles) SSW (210°) from Eden Roc, HI 42 km (26 miles) SW (231°) from Hawaiian Beaches, HI 46 km (28 miles) SSW (197°) from Hilo, HI 351 km (218 miles) SE (129°) from Honolulu, HI
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters	Nph= 56, Dmin=7 km, Rmss=0.15 sec, Gp=130°, M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=2
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Hawaii National Park, Hawaii
Event ID	hv60434446

World’s Largest Solar Telescope is Set to Rise Atop Haleakala

Why am I always the last to hear of things?

The Advanced Technology Solar Telescope will require air jets to keep its 4-metre mirror cool. T. Kekona/K.C. Environmental

After being thwarted for years by objections from Hawaiian native groups, the world’s largest solar telescope is set to rise atop Haleakala, the dormant volcano that is the highest mountain on the island of Maui.

On 9 November, Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources issued a construction permit for the 4-metre Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST), which with a 43.5-metre-tall enclosure will tower over the many other astronomical facilities on the mountain. The project will begin removing rocks and grading the 3,084-metre summit site as early as next week…

Full Story here: Giant Sun Scope Clears Final Hurdle

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Next Stop TV – Big Island Edition Now Available on YouTube

In March of 2011, I was asked to be on the television show Next Stop TV where they filmed some adventures that were done here on the Big Island and the segment I was in was with Hawaii Forest & Trail.

Me inside the “Pinz” with Next Stop TV host John Olson.

The show aired a few months after we filmed it in different parts of America and I just noticed that Next Stop TV has loaded the full episode to YouTube and is now available for viewing:

Hikanalia Expected to Reach Home This Afternoon on Oahu

Hikianalia, Polynesian Voyaging Society’s new state-of-the-art voyaging canoe, is expected to reach Mokauea (Sand Island) mid-afternoon, Sunday, November 25. The latest estimated time of arrival is 2 PM to Marine Education Training Center.

Hikianalia is on its way home

Master navigator Bruce Blankenfeld and a crew of 18—including master navigator Chad Kālepa Baybayan, and several veteran as well as new crewmembers—left Friday night, anticipating a voyage with little-to-no wind.  This morning she could be seen from Kalaupapa Lookout; at 9 AM this morning, she was seen off Mo‘omomi Coastline, Moloka‘i.

Kalepa gives a pule for the safe passage of Faafaite on her voyage from Hawai’i to Tahiti in Nov. 2011. Crédits photo: Danee Hazama

Hikianalia reached Hawai‘i last week and has spent the week in Hilo.  She left Auckland, where she was launched in late September, and set sail on October 9.  The crew changed in Tahiti and again in Hilo.

Hikianalia will accompany Hōkūle‘a during the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s 2013-2016 Worldwide Voyage as her sister vessel, providing a second floating classroom, and the main platform for communication and technology.  Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia are Hawaiian star names for Arcturus and Spica, which break the horizon together in Hawaiian skies.  Neither uses fossil fuels; both rely on the wind in their sails and photovoltaics for their lights, communication and – in Hikianalia’s case – engines.

Hikianalia is scheduled to arrive on Sand Island on Oahu this afternoon

To review Hikianalia’s launch and journey from Aotearoa, and to learn more about the upcoming Worldwide Voyage, visit our website http://hokulea.org.

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Highway Patrol Freeway Drones in Hawaii?

Is this the future of our Highway Patrols here in Hawaii?

A Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept Vehicle

According to the New York Times:

…The Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept vehicles, developed by Subaru Research and Development in Japan and designed specifically for Hawaii, are powered by renewable energy — and they have aquatic capability. “The cutting-edge SHARC patrol vehicles will provide an innovative, affordable and environmentally conscious solution for 24-hour highway monitoring,” the designers say…

Full article here: Freeway Drones for a Futuristic Highway Patrol

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