Universidad de Concepcion, May 2008





Central quadrangle on the UC campus The fountain at the other end of the quadrangle
 
Near the Physics/Astro building, with the central clock tower in the distance
 





Beach north of Concepcion, at sunset Kristin with Matias Gomez on black-sand beach
 
Harbor at the fishing village
 




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
 
Peruvian pisco sours are different
 



Cerro Tololo, May 2008





Dinner before the run: Henry Lee, Roberto dePropris, Rachel, Dennis Crabtree, and Bill Ready to leave for the summit
 
The 4-meter dome from the dormitories
 





Cerro Pachon, with Gemini-S and SOAR. This weather held for all ten nights! Nice lookout point over the valley
 
The 4-meter isn't so big
 



Rachel at the controls of the 1-m The fox is a regular customer near mealtimes
 
Dinner in La Serena with Jean-Rene and Dennis
 


Cerro Tololo, May 2006





May 2006 -- Mike West and Kristin Woodley at Gemini South office May 2006 -- Ready to leave for the summit
 
The summit, seen from the observing floor of the 4-meter dome
 




Sunset view (May 2006). Spectacular weather and sub-arcsecond seeing View of the gibbous Moon through the 4-meter dome
 
One of the foxes that hangs around the residence. They eat handouts from the kitchen, but still tend to avoid getting close to you.
 



ESO/Paranal Observatory, May 2006





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.
 
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.
 




In the VLT3 dome. The primary mirror cell is in the back. The VLT3. That's Bill in front.
 
At the VLT3 area in the control building.
 




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.
 
The patio on the ESO Guest House, Santiago
 



Cerro Tololo, April 2004





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!
 
Moonlight over Vicuna. (The Moon is the overexposed blob -- the small crescent below it is an internal reflection)