My day started with a classic LCO breakfast.
![I had to take this twice, because I noticed that I spilled my coffee and didn't want to look bad.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220403_122417093-576x1024.jpg)
After that we ran up the hill and cabled our 2040 actuator MEMS DM. We got it on the first try! We are getting better at this procedure.
![Still incredibly tedious though.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_1198-768x1024.jpeg)
![We can usually tell right away when we turn on the DM, but the Pyramid never lies.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220403_160839093-1024x576.jpg)
After that, we turned the cleanroom over to our Bubbled comrades. Laird and Justin put in a loooong day of aligning the optics. We sat up in the library and watched. It’s sort of like a medical procedure drama.
![A poorly written one, with shit dialog.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220404_004022073-1024x576.jpg)
![It's a lot of extra pixels to show 64x64](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220404_021844097-1024x576.jpg)
We found this book in the library, which we might need if any REAL problems come up.
![When I put this down on the table, Joseph ran out of the room in terror.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220403_232542417-576x1024.jpg)
![a big big sky](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220403_224404830.PANO_-1024x527.jpg)
After taking the above photo and circling around Justin, I started down the path to begin my walk up. Then I noticed a sliver of moon hanging over the valley. Then the following ensued:
![](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screenshot_20220403_234654.png)
![](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screenshot_20220403_235456.png)
Joseph got an up close and personal Vizcacha interaction.
![Look at those whiskers!](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/viscacha_asb_window-768x1024.jpg)
The reference to bananas in the slack convo is to this blog post from the MagAO-Classic Age of Legends. We have a long history of shenanigans with the cleanroom vizcacha family.
The post-sunset show was extravagant tonight.
![Hey Anna, you can click to enbiggen!](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PXL_20220403_230201042-1024x576.jpg)
Changing up the sound tonight for the song of the day. I think this is the best of the “new” Metallica, as good as the old classics.