The stunning beauty of the Big Island is a fact that nobody can disagree with. It has more "-est" claims to fame than can be counted on all fingers AND toes: The two tallest mountain peaks in the world (if measured from the ocean floor), the longest continually erupting volcano on earth, the southernmost point in the US. It is renowned for having the clearest skies anywhere in the world, and the most powerful telescopes to view space, at the W. M. Keck Observatory.You may quot [...]