TEXES Observing Run - Hawaii
December 2003
Pictures courtesy Rachel J Mann

 


 
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NASA's Infrared Telescope
Facility covered in snow
 
 


A close-up of the
3m telescope
 


Cooling the telescope
with liquid nitrogen
 


Tommy and Claire testing the
level of remaining liquid helium
 
 


The top of the dewer preparing
for a liquid hydrogen fill
 


Claire, Rachel, and Shay
testing C2H2 gas
 


Looking over the HP dorms at
... where did Mauna Loa go?
 


There's Mauna Loa!
 
 


A morraine left over
from the Mauna Kea glacier
 


Rudy filling canisters
with liquid nitrogen
 


Trying to make sense
of the data
 


Up towards the summit
 
 


Who can find Keck I
and Keck II?
 


Oh! They're over there!
 


The IRTF in a cloud
of snow
 


Matt fixing the insulation that
decided to drop from a hole in the cieling
 


Finally! Blue sky
through the dome!
 


Want to see a magic trick?
TEXES off the telescope ...
 


... TEXES on the telescope!
 
 


Looking over the summit ridge
on a clear day, finally!
 


Keck II in the foreground
Maui in the background