So my dad is off in Chile installing a cloud/sky camera he designed and built, in the Andes at CTIO alongside the telescope there. He sent me a link of some pictures that his partner has uploaded, and they are amazing! Here they are: http://pandalewis.smugmug.com/Other/Chile-2011/17510066_Q43VcW#1332682037_2MM3Sgm-A-LB
I have to say I'm both envious and extremely proud of my dad for having the opportunity and skills to do such a thing. And he gets to see the night sky in a way that probably very few of us will have the chance too, due to atmospheric conditions, light pollution, never ending clouds, etc. etc. I've been fortunate enough to be on the Big Island of Hawaii where it's also possible to see the night sky so clearly that it seems fake, or just alien; it weighs down on you, you're conscious of breathing it in, and you have a hard time looking away. Living in a city makes it easy to forget how powerful and beautiful nature is. I don't know how many more years I can live in Portland. Perhaps the grass is just greener... or maybe I'm just an Earth-mother hippy at heart.
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