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TEXES Observing Run - Hawaii
 December 2002
  

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Hale Pohaku
 

the road leading
up to the summit

The Kecks
(Subaru at back left)


Snow in Hawaii
 

3m telescope
 

Matt does the
Hawaiian limbo


Leave the heavy
lifting to us

TEXES electronics
 

Noise tests
 


Filling the dewar
 

The top of
the dewar

Bill, the telescope
operator


Matt Richter
operating TEXES

This data is raw!
 

End of observing run,
only six stitches


time for the
end-of-work commute

Eat my dust!
(road recently graded)

the long road
home


Tommy Greathouse
and Henry Roe

Doug and John visit
Volcanoes Natl Park

We're not lost
 


optical dispersion: much
easier than infrared!

lava
 

lava flow
 


steam
 

Quicktime movie
(912 kb)

IRTF dome
 


 





12 January 2004
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