The road to the summit
Mountains along the way
Nearing the top
The Gemini dome
Looking toward CTIO
Cerro Tololo and the 4-m
I observed at CTIO several years ago
Another mountain shot
The Gemini 8-m
Me and the telescope
The “small” mirror is about 3 feet across
Where the instruments go - you can see T-ReCS
The 8-m (26 foot) mirror undercover
Weather equipment on the summit
The SOAR telescope
James said they *just* put in the guardrails
Gemini South
(for scale note the cars)
Gemini in the background ME in the foreground
James and Gemini
Gemini and SOAR from a distance
Puclaro Reservoir
Parasailing on Puclaro
If you guessed that this tunnel was 8-m across...
You’d be just about right!
Go towards the light!
Puclaro dam
The river below
Above La Serana
Looking across to the town of Coquimbo
My hotel was in this part of town
The famous lighthouse of La Serena
Cross of the Third Millennium in Coquimbo
Gemini Observatory in La Serena
View from the observatory offices
Houses on the Recinto Privado
Many Gemini employees have houses here
View from the top of the Recinto Privado
