Last week I visited Gemini to see their TBAD installation. While we were on the dome floor I used Google Photo Sphere to shoot a few full panoramas of the telescope…
Category: Postcard from the Summit
Photos from the top
Postcard from the Summit – Mamane in the Fog
Postcard from the Summit – Fog on the Mountain
Postcard from the Summit – From the Top
The view from the top of the dome is dramatic. It has been a couple years since I had cause to climb to the top of the dome. In one week I ended up going top the top twice for different reasons. The ladders, stairways and full climbing gear do not prevent me from taking the full size DSLR…
Postcard from the Summit – Open Dome
Postcard from the Summit – Framework
Postcard from the Summit – Orion Rising
Seasons come around
The Earth orbits once more
Orion in the dawn
Yes, I suck at writing haiku. Somewhat better at photography…
Postcard from the Summit – Looking Down on Keck 2
Postcard from the Summit – Mamane and Fogbow
As you descend from Hale Pohaku in the afternoon you often drive into the top of the clouds at about 6,000-8,000ft elevation. The transition from clear blue skies to fog is often stunningly breautiful, a zone where light does interesting things. This zone is haunted by ghostly phenomena… As long as the Sun angle is low you will see fogbows here…
Postcard from the Summit – JCMT
