Kealoha Pisciotta, a cultural practitioner and longtime activist, sits on lava rock part of the way up Mauna Kea while giving an interview on the Big Island of Hawaii, on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Over the last 50 years, astronomers have mounted 13 giant astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea's summit. In 2019, Native Hawaiians including Piscioitta staged a year-long protest over construction of an additional telescope. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
