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TMT opponents block road to Mauna Kea

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Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea today to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.


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2/11
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Dexter Kaiama, center, joins demonstrators blocking a road at the base Mauna Kea today.
3/11
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Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea today to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
4/11
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Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea today to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
5/11
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Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea today to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
6/11
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Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea today to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
7/11
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Police assemble near demonstrators blocking a road at the base of Mauna Kea today.
8/11
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Police assemble near demonstrators blocking a road at the base of Mauna Kea today.
9/11
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A police officer gestures at demonstrators blocking a road at the base of Mauna Kea today.
10/11
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Activist Walter Ritte, left, and others lay chained to a cattle grate blocking a road at the base of Mauna Kea today.
11/11
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Activist Walter Ritte, center, and others lay chained to a cattle grate blocking a road at the base of Mauna Kea today.