Yesterday we helped out with a conservation project and went to the top of Mauna Kea. We helped conserve an Anchialine pool, which is a small pool by the ocean, by building sandcastles. Anchialine pools are essentially coastal ponds with underground connections to the ocean. However, an accumulation of sand has rendered many pools uninhabitable for wildlife. By moving and using the sand to create sandcastles closer to shore, we can reduce the buildup of harmful sand. We also learned about how ancient Polynesians navigated the seas. We learned about how to find directional signs in the sky such as the North Star and southern cross using adjacent constellations, which gave the Polynesians the ability to traverse seas without advanced technology. Finally, we learned about Moana Kea, which is the third major mountain on the big island, and technically the tallest in the world. Because the mountain actually starts many thousand feet below the surface of the sea, its total height outclasses that of Mount Everest.
https://www.airtohawaii.com/anchialine-pools-hawaii/
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/visiting-mauna-kea/visiting-the-summit.html
