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.)
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Portraits: Giles
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Natalie (and British Sea Power Button)
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Mark (giving me his “Why are you taking my picture instead of working?” face)
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Lorenzo
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Jeff
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Laura
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Matt
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Nick
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Tristan
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Juan
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Barth
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Elio
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Enzo
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Mr. Squeezey Face
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Then I venture into extreme closeups of faces. Like Matt
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And this, the most Matt-like expression I got
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I took a lot of these. Way more than just these three
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Natalie spends some time with her antenna
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Matt hangs out with the sun shields
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Natalie and Laura (or was it Laura and Natalie? Laura and Laura?)
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Natalie effortlessly opens the door
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The top of Elio
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Door closing. A non-trivial operation
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Shadow
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Sun Shield Lifting
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Nick and Matt take the crane outside
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Crane, outside
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More random objects: secondary mirror actuators
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XY-Stage
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Seppy (GPS receiver)
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One of Seppy’s three antennas
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Helium Dewar
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XY-Stage, with polarizer equipment
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Balance Tank
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Elevation Bearing and Cable Pass-through
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Elevation Motor
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Computer and Hub
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Nitorgen Dewar, PPE
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TDRSS HGA
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Polarizing Grid
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Pink Boots!
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Finally, I get some wide angle shots of the current state of things. Here’s the mezzanine
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Gondola and Cryostat
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Scoop (Inside)
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The Under-Mezzanine
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The SBSC (Steve Benton Star Camera), and Natalie, its keeper
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Cryo Land
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Sun Shields
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