Chile: Land of Poets | Galleries
DSCN3378 driving inland to the Elqui Valley
DSCN3381 we begin to see vineyards
DSCN3384 VIcuna' square
DSCN3385 carved trees on the square
DSCN3387 the 2019 solar eclipse will be visible from here
DSCN3389 bugs on display in the square
DSCN3390 more bugs
Pangue observatory office signage
DSCN3395 on the drive to the observatory
DSCN3403 parked outside the observatory
DSCN3407 a herd of goats went past
DSCN3408 our view into the valley
DSCN3412 25 inch telescope
DSCN3414 that's jupiter up there
DSCN3422 58% moon
craters of the moon thru the telescope
star cluster
planet nebula
milky way star cluster
DSCN3424 driving back to Vicuna
DSCN3427 3 observatories in the distance
DSCN3428 where we saw the sun and stayed
DSCN3429 vines in the yard
DSCN3432 Doug and our guide, Gabriel
DSCN3433 Doug viewing the sun
DSCN3436 sun flares from the documentary we watched
DSCN3437 the world's capital of Astronomy
solar cookers at the restaurant
a pot of rice in the solar cooker
DSCN3448 Pisco Elqui's church on the square
DSCN3450 various grades of pisco (prices in CLP!)
DSCN3451 restaurant at the distillery where we had lunch
DSCN3453 bottles of pisco stored in the cellar
DSCN3454 in the museum
DSCN3455 former vineyard vehicle
DSCN3457 storage vats
DSCN3458 on the barrels
DSCN3460 grapevines for pisco
DSCN3461 fermenting station
DSCN3463 Fran and few barrels
DSCN3466 down the valley view
DSCN3467 vineyards and more vineyrds
DSCN3472 the hills are full of cacti
DSCN3476 and the rocks begin to change
DSCN3481 different rocks
DSCN3483 snowy peaks present themselves
DSCN3487 many telescopes here
DSCN3488 Doug in front of Victor Blanco telescope building
DSCN3490 Tigger at Tololo
DSCN3493 the reservoir on Rio Elqui
DSCN3496 many smaller telescopes
DSCN3498 the 4.1m Blanco Telescope is in there and Doug is out front
DSCN3501 the mountains around the site
DSCN3503 looking up
DSCN3504 the 1967 telescope - biggest at the time
DSCN3507 dome is open
DSCN3509 pointed to the sky
DSCN3512 our growing universe
DSCN3513 in the control room
DSCN3514 two astronomers
DSCN3515 another desk of monitors
DSCN3522 the Victor Blanco telescopie
DSCN3523 the LSST site being built across the valley - will have a 3B mp camera!
DSCN3525 Sister observatory SOAR
DSCN3526 Gemini site
DSCN3529 souvenir one
DSCN3530 souvenir two