I took quite a lot of photos of the scenery, scopes and people at TSP 2010, as I hadn’t taken that many in 2008. This time I took my little Samsung compact with me and used that for non-wildlife daytime shots, instead of my Canon DSLR, because it fits nicely into a pocket, so the quality isn’t as good as it otherwise would be.
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- Meeting room/dining hall area
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- Pool building, snacks are served from this building at night
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- Area outside ranch offices
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- Upper field
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- Upper field - the scope in foreground hadn't blown over, it was taken down
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- Upper field, looking south
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- Upper field, looking north-west
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- Road on ranch, the Upper Field is up the steps on the right
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- Rock outcrop. The Davis Mtns are mostly composed of lava from ancient volcanoes.
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- Ft. Davis National Historic Site
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- Ft. Davis National Historic Site
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- West Texas scenery, from Jimi's place
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- University of Texas sign at McDonald
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- Giant sundial at McDonald Observatory
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- McDonald Observatory, from the car park
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- Upper field, looking south
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- Scenery to the north east of the ranch
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- West Texas vegetation
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- Another view of the Upper Field, looking north
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- A lizard, outside the dining room
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- Texas Cacti
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- A mobile observatory, housed in what looks like an old ambulance
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- Middle field looking like the Marie Celeste, on the last full day of TSP. :(
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- Spent an afternoon birdwatching around the ranch. This is the scenery north of the ranch.
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- A pair of Gray Foxes in Jimi's garden. Similar to our Red Foxes in Europe
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- Jim Cole's lovely 14" Teeter
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- McDonald Observatory 107" and 82" domes from Visitor Center
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- The upper field during the afternoon, fairly deserted
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- Dusk on the upper field
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- Tracey Knauss setting up her scope
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- Scopes in the north east corner of the Upper field
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- Robert Reeves setting up for a night's imaging
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- The Upper field coming alive as people prepare for a night's observing :)
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- Jimi, Alvin and the 48" 'Barbarella'
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- Preparations in the Houston AS/FBAC observing area
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- People getting ready for a night's observing
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- Jimi and Alvin collimating the 48"
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- Larry Mitchell collimating his 36" Obsession
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- Me at the eyepiece of the 48"
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- 32" in private observatory near the Prude Ranch