EXES
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TEXES Observing Run at NASA's Infrared Telescope in Hawaii
October 2000
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NASA's Infrared Telescope
Facility (IRTF)
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The neighbors:
Keck I and II (10m)
and Suburu (8m)
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Suburu on the left,
Keck on the right
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Mauna Kea's Summit
Ridge with (from left)
Canada-France-Hawaii
(3m), Gemini (8m), and
Univ.of Hawaii 88 inch
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More summit ridge
showing Gemini, UH 88,
United Kingdom
IR
Telescope (3.6m),
and a UH 24 inch
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Sub-millimeter valley
with the CSO (left)
and JCMT
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Hoisting TEXES
to the platform
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More hoisting
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An airborne instrument
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Outside the IRTF
(noon, Oct 26)
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Not all Hawaii
is a beach
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14,000 feet
and loving it
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A view down to the
Kohala Coast
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John pumping out
the dewar
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The IRTF after a snowfall
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Bad weather leads to
visiting astronomers
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Snow on the jeep
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Suburu and the Kecks
in the snow
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Suburu and a Keck
in the snow
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The summit ridge in snow
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Further down the summit
ridge, still in snow
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Sub-mm valley
full of snow
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Looking up toward the
summit ridge
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Looking over sub-mm valley
toward Suburu, Kecks, and
the IRTF
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Looking down on Hale
Pohaku; Mauna Kea's
base camp
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the HP dorms
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The dining hall
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Halloween at the IRTF
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The mystery astronomer
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Bill, one of the telescope
operators, at the controls
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TEXES on the telescope
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The IRTF 3m mirror
(covered) big one
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