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| Central quadrangle on the UC campus |
The fountain at the other end of the quadrangle
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Near the Physics/Astro building, with the central clock tower in the distance
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| Beach north of Concepcion, at sunset |
Kristin with Matias Gomez on black-sand beach
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Harbor at the fishing village
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| The philosopher's statue is trying to make a point ("Get back here and listen to me!") |
Matias Gomez, Tom Richtler, Karen Kinemuchi at lunch
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Peruvian pisco sours are different
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| Dinner before the run: Henry Lee, Roberto dePropris, Rachel, Dennis Crabtree, and Bill |
Ready to leave for the summit
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The 4-meter dome from the dormitories
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| Cerro Pachon, with Gemini-S and SOAR. This weather held for all ten nights! |
Nice lookout point over the valley
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The 4-meter isn't so big
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| Rachel at the controls of the 1-m |
The fox is a regular customer near mealtimes
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Dinner in La Serena with Jean-Rene and Dennis
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| May 2006 -- Mike West and Kristin Woodley at Gemini South office |
May 2006 -- Ready to leave for the summit
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The summit, seen from the observing floor of the 4-meter dome
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| Sunset view (May 2006). Spectacular weather and sub-arcsecond seeing |
View of the gibbous Moon through the 4-meter dome
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One of the foxes that hangs around the residence. They eat handouts
from the kitchen, but still tend to avoid getting close to you.
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| The summit, seen from the residence at sunset. Fortunately, this was the night before my run started -- somebody else got the clouds. |
The summit, seen from the residence during the afternoon.
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Bill in one of the visiting scientist's offices, doing Phase II file
preparation before the run. This is the only observatory I've been at
that requires dogtags.
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| In the VLT3 dome. The primary mirror cell is in the back. |
The VLT3. That's Bill in front.
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At the VLT3 area in the control building.
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| The area around the summit -- totally dry, stony desert |
The atrium area of the Residence at Paranal. Two-lane swimming pool
is on the lower floor.
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The patio on the ESO Guest House, Santiago
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| Bill with Doug Geisler, in Concepcion before our April 2004 run |
Sunset view at the Tololo summit. Lost 2 of 3 nights to weather like this!
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Moonlight over Vicuna. (The Moon is the overexposed blob -- the small
crescent below it is an internal reflection)
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