Postcard from the Summit – Page 16

No Moon in the Shadow

I had planned to go up and photograph the tail end of tonight’s eclipse as the full Moon rose just inside the mountain shadow… No luck.

Thanks to tropical storm Niala passing south of the island the summit is totally weathered in. Fog, rain and no shadows…

Summit Fog and Rain — Current view from MastCam of a foggy, rainy summit. No eclipse to be seen tonight.

Keck Staff

Almost the entire Keck Observatory staff forming the hexagonal outline of one of the primary mirrors. Seeing the size of one of the mirrors like this really puts things in scale.

Our director, Dr. Hilton Lewis, is center front. Do not look for me… I am standing on the ladder taking the photo.

Keck Staff — Nearly the entire Keck staff forming the outline of one of the primary telescope mirrors

Postcard from the Summit – Morning Clouds

I have said this before… After eight years of driving up and down Mauna Kea I have yet to get tired of the view. It is always different.

Dark Clouds before Mauna Kea — Dark clouds frame a view of Mauna Kea on Saddle Road

The dome is rarely open in the daytime. Only under certain conditions and for specific reasons do we open the dome in the daytime. When it is the light streams in, providing a far different quality of light in the dome…

Open to the Sunlight — The Keck 2 dome open to the daytime sky

Category: Postcard from the Summit

Segment

No Moon in the Shadow

Keck Staff

Postcard from the Summit – Morning Clouds

Open to the Light

Stock

Fabrication

Keck Domes

Telescope Controls

Two Lasers on the Galactic Center