MagAO-X 2025B Day 7: Dawn of the Burro

Greetings again from MagAO-X-ville! Us astronomers are equal parts wildlife and planet photographers, although today involved a strong emphasis on the former. Enjoying the beautiful sun over the Atacama and the lack of 2-legged individuals, the burros seized their opportunity to reclaim the mountain (one might call it a burrocracy).

Many a burro photo was captured today by our professional shutterbugs (yes, this is actually a word) so I have included a brief compilation below:

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An on-axis burronagraph
An off-axis burronagraph (deserving of its own half blog page)

Our professionals also identified an assortment of smaller creatures including (but not limited to):

Birds:

A frequent flyer looking rather suspicious.
Jared had 2 unexpected roommates in his dorm.

Carloses:

Miles setting up the perfect shot of our fox friend.
Someone captured a photo of me writing this blog post.

Vizzies (vizzibility was high during both the day and the night):

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And Hoomans:

An angry Parker
A wild Josh sabotaging a perfectly nice dark hole.
Observers milling about.
A Dutch delicacy.
Please don’t feed the astronomers. They will fall asleep next to the furniture.
A gathering of wildlife photographers (who also do some astronomy).

After a busy day at LCO, both the hoomans and the animals must go to bed, assuming they have not already done so.

Song of the Day:

Fun Fact:

I once got attacked by a goose after feeding it a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.