Hawaii protesters free on bail after blockade halts telescope construction

• Protesters claim Thirty Meter Telescope will desecrate sacred mountain
• Boulders block access to site: 'It's kind of like an obstacle course'

Protesters arrested while preventing construction of a giant telescope posted bail and were returning to the Hawaii mountain they say they are protecting from desecration.

Hundreds of protesters who flocked to the Big Island's Mauna Kea on Wednesday successfully prevented workers from reaching the site for the planned $1.4bn Thirty Meter Telescope. The workers turned their vehicles around when they encountered boulders in the road leading to the site.