I’m going to get back into the Weekly Science Video habit this year. The first one of the year comes courtesy Andrew Cooper
Avalanche from Andrew Cooper on Vimeo.
When it snows on Mauna Kea, one of the most important jobs to be done is clearing the telescope domes of snow. At JCMT and UKIRT, a snow-removal crew has to get on the roof (of JCMT) or dome (of UKIRT) and shovel the snow off by hand. At Keck, they turn the dome shutter into a giant snowplow, and Andrew captured the result.
Andrew has a good post on snow-clearing at Keck, which is where the video’s from.
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