Two days ago (sorry for the delay, I took a day off, plus had WAY too many photos to sort through) I spent most of the day using the 200mm telephoto lens to spy on people form the mezzanine. Or take uncomfortable closeups of their faces. I was just working at my computer, and needed frequent breaks. Natalie and Jeff were at the highbay for the first time, filling out our full complement of 14 people. I took the opportunity to take spy-portraits of the whole team (of highly variable quality).
Then in the evening, Barth, Jeff, Laura, and I climbed up Ob Hill for more telephoto fun. (I’m going to save those pictures for a rainy day, because I already have too many.) Then I went to the Scott Base skirt party, but I don’t think I’ll post pictures here (partly because I don’t have any). (And because my pink ensemble was too cute for this site.)
- Portraits: Giles
- Natalie (and British Sea Power Button)
- Mark (giving me his “Why are you taking my picture instead of working?” face)
- Lorenzo
- Jeff
- Laura
- Matt
- Nick
- Tristan
- Juan
- Barth
- Elio
- Enzo
- Mr. Squeezey Face
- Then I venture into extreme closeups of faces. Like Matt
- And this, the most Matt-like expression I got
- I took a lot of these. Way more than just these three
- Natalie spends some time with her antenna
- Matt hangs out with the sun shields
- Natalie and Laura (or was it Laura and Natalie? Laura and Laura?)
- Natalie effortlessly opens the door
- The top of Elio
- Door closing. A non-trivial operation
- Shadow
- Sun Shield Lifting
- Nick and Matt take the crane outside
- Crane, outside
- More random objects: secondary mirror actuators
- XY-Stage
- Seppy (GPS receiver)
- One of Seppy’s three antennas
- Helium Dewar
- XY-Stage, with polarizer equipment
- Balance Tank
- Elevation Bearing and Cable Pass-through
- Elevation Motor
- Computer and Hub
- Nitorgen Dewar, PPE
- TDRSS HGA
- Polarizing Grid
- Pink Boots!
- Finally, I get some wide angle shots of the current state of things. Here’s the mezzanine
- Gondola and Cryostat
- Scoop (Inside)
- The Under-Mezzanine
- The SBSC (Steve Benton Star Camera), and Natalie, its keeper
- Cryo Land
- Sun Shields
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