Each day the cloud cover rolls up Mauna Loa from the Hilo area. It fills the saddle first, then reaches the observatory by late afternoon. This is a daily cycle.

Image ID: corp2685, NOAA At The Ends of the Earth Collection
Location: Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Photo Date: 1982 February
Photographer: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps (ret.)


Category: Observatory/Mauna Loa/Clean Air Facility/

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