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After leaving the beach, Yingzi and I took a drive to the top of Mauna Kea, the highest point on Hawai'i and the largest mountain in the world. We drove from 0 meters above sea level to 13,796 meters above sea level in about 1.5 hours. Mauna Kea, only 13,796 feet above sea level, descends another 40,000 feet below the ocean to the seafloor which easily makes it the largest mountain on the earth. Mauna Kea's sister volcano, Mauna Lea, is only 119 feet shorter and dominate the island. This picture was taken just after sunset near the summit of Mauna Kea.