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Well another night like last night. Amali got here today and she started up AO and also learned how to operate Clio. And then we sat here like this:
And this:
Sadly this means we didn’t get much of our engineering done. Oh El Nino…
Another song dancing in the streets: This one to cheer you up after seeing all those clouds and high winds:
Today was our first night of Arizona engineering. We have a lot of calibrations to do, with all of our modes, but sadly it was cloudy and windy out of the North. I hear it’s because of El Nino.
Sunset:
These pictures are all from the past week or so. Which one is Tucson and which one is LCO?
Yesterday’s song was Glitch Mob, which reminded me of flash mobs:
Clio is cold, thanks to Mauricio Navarette’s help with the liquid nitrogen. He brought a longer hose, showed me how to clear out the warm air before pumping it in, and filled Clio when ever he could today.
Jared and I went for a ride in the new Clay car with Michigan grad students Jeb Bailey and Yingyi Song to the GMT site. Buell posted about the ground-breaking ceremony last week — it wasn’t just ceremonial, there is actual construction going on up there. It’s a huge flat Cerro Campanas and we found some rocks that ring like bells as the name says.
Yesterday’s song of the day was a pop parody about science. Today’s song of the day is a pop parody about doing science:
Based on the issues Jared has been having with the Adsec Supervisor harddrives, we decided to test booting off the Clio harddrive spare that Vanessa and I made a few runs back. Laird and I supervised the crew moving the ASM to the top. Mauricio and I began pumping down Clio. And Jared continued to trouble shoot his various computers and cameras. Pictures:
Yesterday’s song of the day was by Kesha, so today’s is a fun Kesha parody by Jank about Astrobiology:
2015B is upon us. I’m getting ready to leave in a couple days. My parents drove down from NM for a visit since I won’t be seeing them at any of the upcoming holidays. We hiked to the top of Blackett’s Ridge — a 1700-foot elevation gain — and it was a beautiful day:
A nice way to enjoy fall in Tucson before the summer run in LCO!
Blog Rules:
1. Every post of the day must have a song of the day.
2. If the post of the day is the first one for 2015B, the song of the day is at the poster’s discretion.
3. If the post of the day is not the first post of the day for 2015B, the song of the day for post N must be related somehow to the song from day N-1.
3.1. The connection must be clearly stated.
4. Any other covers, etc. are allowed, just be clear about which song is the official song of the day.
That’s all folks.