৭ মার্চ, ২০১৭

At the Zabriskie Point Café...



... bundle up, stargazers.

৩৭টি মন্তব্য:

Original Mike বলেছেন...

Coldest I've ever observed with a telescope is -5 F. (Don't lick the scope's truss-tubes!)

Anne in Rockwall, TX বলেছেন...

Professor, am I right in thinking you have made many comments about disliking travel? Did Meade convince you?

madAsHell বলেছেন...

I'm sure the small gas stove with Meade tending over mouth-watering hot chocolate is just outside the field of view!

No?

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"I'm sure the small gas stove with Meade tending over mouth-watering hot chocolate is just outside the field of view!"

Hot liquids (with a little kicker added) is a must for enjoyable cold-weather observing.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

There was no fire and no hot liquid. No morning coffee even until 60 miles after we left that place.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

@Annie C

Meade is more travel a erse than I am!

Peachy বলেছেন...

No coffee for 60 miles? oh... the humanity! Was it worth it to see the Milky Way?

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"There was no fire and no hot liquid. No morning coffee even until 60 miles after we left that place."

Next trip I suggest a small camping stove and a thermos. Make the coffee/chocolate the night before in your room/camp.

chickelit বলেছেন...

Shades of full burqa jacket

Lyle Sanford, RMT বলেছেন...

can't say why exactly - but love that pic! maybe a weird cross of sci-fi and humor?

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"Was it worth it to see the Milky Way?"

Oh...the humanity!

William বলেছেন...

Seen one galaxy, you've seen them all.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

Blogger William said..."Seen one galaxy, you've seen them all."

NGC 253, 1365, 1532, LMC, M31, ...

You know not of which you speak.

ga6 বলেছেন...

No one get the film reference yet???

Peachy বলেছেন...

LOL - I would love looking up at the stars without light pollution. Rare to do so.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"LOL - I would love looking up at the stars without light pollution. Rare to do so."

Unfortunately, nowadays it takes an effort.

mockturtle বলেছেন...

You will emerge from that cocoon a butterfly!

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

IIR Dances With Wolves got an Oscar nomination for costume design of indigenous inhabitants of the Great Plains, and now you have out done them on the Buffalo Gal look. Cute.

buwaya বলেছেন...

Looks like fun!

I could never get my wife into such straits though.
You are a good sport.

Heartless Aztec বলেছেন...

The burqua becomes you.

I Have Misplaced My Pants বলেছেন...

Guess what? I'm sitting in the United Club in the Houston airport and I'm 90% certain that Ron Paul is sitting at the next table.

I Have Misplaced My Pants বলেছেন...

Never mind. 100% sure. A man just walked up to him and addressed him as Dr. Paul and he offered him a chair. If I didn't have my grimy baby on my lap I'd say hello myself.

mockturtle বলেছেন...

Guess what? I'm sitting in the United Club in the Houston airport and I'm 90% certain that Ron Paul is sitting at the next table.

Give him a kiss for me. :-) I voted for him for President twice.

Peachy বলেছেন...

Pants - cool!

Peachy বলেছেন...

Tell him I missed him on the Mandy Connell show the other day. Drat! She's he's #1 fan in CO.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

It can get mighty cold in the desert at night. But as they say in the Upper Midwest, it's a dry cold.

TWW বলেছেন...

"No one get the film reference yet???"

We get it; we just don't care to reference one the truly worst films of the twentieth century. Some say, 'Plan Nine from Outer Space'. I say 'Zabriskie Point'(or maybe 'AI").

Meade বলেছেন...

Pants, we passed Koch Brother, David in the Furnace Creek lobby when we checked in last Friday. 100%.

bwebster বলেছেন...

That may be my new favorite photo of you, Ann. :-)

khesanh0802 বলেছেন...

Great photo!

rehajm বলেছেন...

From the Vault 7 CIA leaks, this fun little tidbit:

Another profound revelation is that the CIA can engage in "false flag" cyberattacks which portray Russia as the assailant.

Big Mike বলেছেন...

@Althouse, that's really you under all those layers? I'd have thought you'd be wearing a light spring jacket, being from Wisconsin and all.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

"@Althouse, that's really you under all those layers? I'd have thought you'd be wearing a light spring jacket, being from Wisconsin and all."

It's been my observation that the difference between people from warm vs cold climes is not that the coldsters can tolerate cold better, but that they have enough sense to wear clothes.

buwaya বলেছেন...

"It's been my observation that the difference between people from warm vs cold climes is not that the coldsters can tolerate cold better, but that they have enough sense to wear clothes."

I am an old hand at observing tropical people in cold climates. No, clothes don't suffice.

Guildofcannonballs বলেছেন...

I don't allow myself to bitch about the cold, seeing as how I ain't never even been to Bastogne and all.

jez বলেছেন...

I would recommend a detour through Utah. Maybe Zions National Park or Capital Reef. You are in my lovely neck of the woods l. good on ya!

khesanh0802 বলেছেন...

@rejahm Thanks for the llnk. Makes those Silicon Valley guys who support big government look pretty stupid or naive or both.

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