On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:06:32 -1000, PoiDog <poidog@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: Nevah mine...I gettum. I'd appreciate lyrics to Waltah Boy's Mauna Kea Sugar...Just for back yard stuff. Anybody? Mahalo, PoiDog

I'd appreciate lyrics to Waltah Boy's Mauna Kea Sugar...Just for back yard stuff. Anybody? Mahalo, PoiDog

...> the "tallest on earth when measured from ...". But nobody ever measures other mountains that way. How high would Everest be when measured from "the base"? Measure 'em all the same way. Fair's fair. Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea are still very impressive. They don't need any special help. "high" has usually got a base from "sea level". But Size... now that's a different story.

... <gerard@NUTShawaii.rr.com> wrote: On 2006-10-13 17:25:01 -1000, Just Another <nowhere@noplaceville.com> said: of the two, then we should find a suitable point on the base of Mauna Kea on the side opposite to Mauna Loa-- the same for Mau That's basically what these mountains do. Mauna Loa is as high as it's ever going to get: it will keep erupting, but it will ...

... from ...". But nobody ever measures other mountains that way. How high would Everest be when measured from "the base"? Measure 'em all the same way. Fair's fair. Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea are still very impressive. They don't need any special help. I had some old encyclopedia that had a graphic showing different mountains of the world in outline, superimposed on one another. Mauna Loa was...

... a suitable point on the base of Mauna Kea on the side opposite to Mauna Loa...this thread I get the impressions that Mauna Kea arizes from an undersea plateau not a ...Mauna Loa formed on the slope of Mauna Kea, and the undersea environment rapidly cooled the ... from Mauna Loa to flow towards Mauna Kea, fill up the sink depression of Mauna Kea and even form the plateau under Mauna Kea.

On 2006-10-13 17:25:01 -1000, Just Another <nowhere@noplaceville.com> said: of the two, then we should find a suitable point on the base of Mauna Kea on the side opposite to Mauna Loa-- the same for Mau That's basically what these mountains do. Mauna Loa is as high as it's ever going to get: it will keep erupting, but it will keep sinking. I suspect no Hawaiian volcano ever...

...As the OP, I think I now understand why what I wrote in my book could be confusing. I thank everyone for explaining things. It seems that there are three ways to measure the heights of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. To most people, it is the height above sea level that really matters. But to others, it is the height from the ocean floor to the top. And to still others (geologists mainly) it...

..., perhaps part of that Mauna Kea depression has been filled in by.... It could be that Mauna Kea is still the bigger volcano. ...originated on the slope of Mauna Kea. Height and size are two different...being one of them. While Mauna Kea is only slightly higher than ..., the upper slopes of Mauna Kea are rather steep, and even if... at the higher elevation, Mauna Kea), i.e. no matter what ...

... perhaps part of that Mauna Kea depression has been filled in ... on the base of Mauna Kea on the side opposite to ... It could be that Mauna Kea is still the bigger volcano.... on the slope of Mauna Kea. Height and size are two...one of them. While Mauna Kea is only slightly higher than...the upper slopes of Mauna Kea are rather steep, and even...at the higher elevation, Mauna Kea), i.e. no matter what...