This movie shows nightfall on from Mauna Loa, looking North toward Mauna Kea. The lights which appear out of the clouds as they decend is Pohakuloa Training Area, a military camp. The intermittant lights are flares fired from Pohakula which light up the clouds.

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Canon 10D DSLR

Mauna Loa Weather Observatory

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