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2016 A Year in Photos
In retrospect 2016 was not a bad year. I can look back on a collection of photographs that document my life. I am reminded of all the things that occurred in 2016, it is a set of good memories that deserve to be remembered well…
The rosy glow of dawn lights the domes of Keck Observatory
Just checking the wiring in HBS
The old and new warping fixtures being tested side-by-side in on a spare segment
The warping fixture in use in the Keck 2 mirror cell
Looking at the back of a segment with the radial support removed
Analog ammeters indicate the motor current
A Keck primary mirror segment jacked up out of the array
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility with zodiacal light and the first light of dawn above
The CFHT dome lit by the first rays of dawn
A mamane tree along the Mauna Kea access road.
Looking at what remains of the paint on an old Celestron C8 orange tube telescope
Paint drying on the front and rear castings of the old orange tube
A restored Celestron C8 on a similarly restored TeleVue Renaissance mount.
The C8 set up along the old Saddle Road for Mercury Transit
Mercury transiting the Sun on May 9, 2016. Celestron C8 and Canon 6D at f/10.
The solar eclipse of March 8th, 2016 taken from Spencer Beach State Park. Celestron C8 with a Canon 6D at cassegrain focus, 2000mm focal length
Plumeria blossoms in the rain
A Paradise Helicopter Hughes 500 with the doors off for a photo tour
Deborah shooting through the open door of the helicopter
The currently active Puʻu Oʻo vent on Kilauea, photo by Deborah Cooper
Mauna Kea as seen from Hilo Bay
Paniolos head for the steers in the opening moments of the team mugging event
Deborah at the 2016 Parker Ranch 4th of July Rodeo
Attempting to cut out and rope a steer in the team mugging event
A humpback whale breaches in Chatham Strait
An abandoned cottage in the woods at Funter Bay
A fashion plate from a Woman’s Home Companion of April 1919
The Mauna Kea summit access road climbs towards Hale Pōhaku
Hualālai and Pu’u Poliahu submerged in the shadow of Mauna Kea
Both Keck lasers aimed at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
The Keck 1 laser attempting a target in a cloudy sky
The new Keck 2 laser shines brightly during a system engineering night
Keck 2 lasing to the north in the dawn the lights of Waimea and Honolulu behind.
A group of tourists brave the cold wind to watch sunrise atop Mauna Kea
Chris showing a young observer the Sun through a telescope with hydrogen alpha filter
Local kids check out the meteorites in Gary’s educational collection
A young observer checks out the Sun
Re-assembling the secondary cage on the 20″ Obsession. The truss tube clamps still need to be cleaned up and re-installed, same with the focuser.
Grinding the heads off a few screws
The 20″ Obsession telescope awaiting full dark at Kaʻohe, on the side of Mauna Kea
A group of local school students with the 20″ telescope
An eight day old Moon, Celestron NS11GPS and Canon 6D
The winter Milky Way arches over Hualālai with Orion and the setting Moon at the center, taken from the Kaʻohe observing site, panorama of five images taken with a Canon 6D and a Rokinon 14mm lens with over 300 degrees of horizon
The 61G lava flow ocean entry at Kamokuna under the light of a full Moon
A very close view of advancing pāhoehoe lava
A lava watching boat rises on the swell in front of the steam plume at Kamokuna
Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna
