memory – A Darker View

Treasured Tools

I find I have a number of tools about that have a name on them, a name that is not mine.

A treasured tool in my toolbox, a hacksaw that once belonged to Robert Goff

No, I did not steal them!!

A couple of these names belong to people I once knew, guys that are no longer here to argue about ownership of these tools.

Yes, I have tools with the names of dead guys.

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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…

Keck at Dawn — The rosy glow of dawn lights the domes of Keck Observatory

Modifications to HBS — Just checking the wiring in HBS

Keck mirror segment warping fixtures — The old and new warping fixtures being tested side-by-side in on a spare segment

Warping — The warping fixture in use in the Keck 2 mirror cell

Segment — Looking at the back of a segment with the radial support removed

Motor Current — Analog ammeters indicate the motor current

Jacked — A Keck primary mirror segment jacked up out of the array

IRTF at Dawn — The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility with zodiacal light and the first light of dawn above

CFHT in the Dawn — The CFHT dome lit by the first rays of dawn

Mamane in the Fog — A mamane tree along the Mauna Kea access road.

Orange Tube Corrosion — Looking at what remains of the paint on an old Celestron C8 orange tube telescope

Drying Paint — Paint drying on the front and rear castings of the old orange tube

Restored C8 — A restored Celestron C8 on a similarly restored TeleVue Renaissance mount.

Transit Telescope — The C8 set up along the old Saddle Road for Mercury Transit

Mercury Transit 9May2016 — Mercury transiting the Sun on May 9, 2016. Celestron C8 and Canon 6D at f/10.

March 8th, 2016 Solar Eclipse — 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 — Plumeria blossoms in the rain

Helicopter — A Paradise Helicopter Hughes 500 with the doors off for a photo tour

Deb without Doors — Deborah shooting through the open door of the helicopter

The currently active Puʻu Oʻo vent on Kilauea — The currently active Puʻu Oʻo vent on Kilauea, photo by Deborah Cooper

Mauna Kea from Hilo — Mauna Kea as seen from Hilo Bay

Roping — Paniolos head for the steers in the opening moments of the team mugging event

Deb at the Rodeo — Deborah at the 2016 Parker Ranch 4th of July Rodeo

Team Mugging — Attempting to cut out and rope a steer in the team mugging event

Breach! — A humpback whale breaches in Chatham Strait

Newspaper Cottage — An abandoned cottage in the woods at Funter Bay

Fashion Plate from 1919 — A fashion plate from a Woman’s Home Companion of April 1919

Summit Road — The Mauna Kea summit access road climbs towards Hale Pōhaku

Hualālai Submerged in Shadow — Hualālai and Pu’u Poliahu submerged in the shadow of Mauna Kea

Dual Lasers on the Galactic Center — Both Keck lasers aimed at the center of the Milky Way galaxy

Keck 1 Laser — The Keck 1 laser attempting a target in a cloudy sky

Keck 2 Laser — The new Keck 2 laser shines brightly during a system engineering night

Keck 2 Lases in the North — Keck 2 lasing to the north in the dawn the lights of Waimea and Honolulu behind.

Sunrise Watchers — A group of tourists brave the cold wind to watch sunrise atop Mauna Kea

Chris Gives the Sun — Chris showing a young observer the Sun through a telescope with hydrogen alpha filter

Space Rocks — Local kids check out the meteorites in Gary’s educational collection

Viewing the Sun — A young observer checks out the Sun

Secondary Cage — 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 — Grinding the heads off a few screws

Obsession at Kaʻohe — The 20″ Obsession telescope awaiting full dark at Kaʻohe, on the side of Mauna Kea

Students Under the Stars — A group of local school students with the 20″ telescope

8 Day Moon — An eight day old Moon, Celestron NS11GPS and Canon 6D

Milky Way Arching over Hualālai — 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

61G lava flow ocean entry — The 61G lava flow ocean entry at Kamokuna under the light of a full Moon

Pāhoehoe — A very close view of advancing pāhoehoe lava

Lava Watching — A lava watching boat rises on the swell in front of the steam plume at Kamokuna

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Trickle — Lava trickles into the sea at Kamokuna

Kohala Sunset — Sunset along the Kohala Coast

2014 in Photos

Just a few visuals from the past year, re-living a few memories…

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