UH System News Image of the Week: Sunset from Maunakea by UH Hilo astronomy student Jotis Russell-Christian

The photo of sunset from Maunakea was taken during a field trip with Kāwili Kine Cultures, a part of the Center for Global Education and Exchange at UH Hilo.

Sunset in the distance with slopes of the mauna in foreground. Dark grey-blue sky above.
Sunset on Maunakea (Jotis Russell-Christian)

This week’s UH System News “Image of the Week” is from University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Jotis Russell-Christian, an undergraduate in astronomy.

Russell-Christian shares, “The picture depicts a sunset from Mauna Kea during a field trip with Kāwili Kine Culture, a part of The Center for Global Education & Exchange at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. The sun set was incredible from the tallest mountain in the world!”

Kāwili Kine Cultures is an inter-departmental program that gets students out into the community and environment to physically work and play.

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