Mauna Kea, a volcano that last erupted 4000 years ago, remains hot today, sparking a heated debate over whether its summit should be dedicated to astronomical observatories or preserved as a culturally significant landscape sacred to the Hawaiian people.
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
A dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawai'i sparks a contentious dispute between scientists seeking to convert it into an astronomical observatory and native Hawaiians who revere the site as sacred.