"The AMiBA site on Mauna Loa was originally just desolate," says engineer Johnson Han, his memories of the construction difficulties they faced still fresh. "There was an observation post belonging to the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but there were no other telescopes. The road up here wasn't even paved; it was just surfaced with lava stones.
「AMiBA 所在的毛納洛峰基地，當初是一片荒蕪，除了美國國家海洋暨大氣管理機構在當地有觀測站外，沒有其他大型望遠鏡，連上山道路都沒有鋪柏油，而是由火山岩漿自然冷卻凝聚成的巔簸表面。