७ मार्च, २०१७

At the Zabriskie Point Café...



... bundle up, stargazers.

३७ टिप्पण्या:

Original Mike म्हणाले...

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

Anne in Rockwall, TX म्हणाले...

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

madAsHell म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

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

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

@Annie C

Meade is more travel a erse than I am!

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

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

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

Shades of full burqa jacket

Lyle Sanford, RMT म्हणाले...

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

Original Mike म्हणाले...

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

Oh...the humanity!

William म्हणाले...

Seen one galaxy, you've seen them all.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

No one get the film reference yet???

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

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

Original Mike म्हणाले...

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

Unfortunately, nowadays it takes an effort.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

You will emerge from that cocoon a butterfly!

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Looks like fun!

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

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

The burqua becomes you.

I Have Misplaced My Pants म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Pants - cool!

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

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

tcrosse म्हणाले...

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

TWW म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

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

bwebster म्हणाले...

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

khesanh0802 म्हणाले...

Great photo!

rehajm म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

@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 म्हणाले...

"@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 म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

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

jez म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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