Officers with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources prepare to arrest protesters blocking an access road on Mauna Kea. Organizers said they want to halt construction of a giant telescope on the summit to protect sacred land.

Hawaiian Elders Protesting Telescope Construction Are Arrested

When completed, the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea’s summit is expected to be the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. But its construction has drawn heated opposition.

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