Tag: Spain
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Calar Alto August 2010 (2)
The destination of today’s journey is already visible. But it will still be a long way to go, first it’s a few thousand meters down to the sea and then the taxi will take us over 2000 meters up again. However, it was great to have the right seat in the best weather, only on…
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Calar Alto August 2010
After a night of observation, I usually long for sleep. This desire is strongest between 3am and 5am. But it can also be a good thing if one doesn’t give in to this wish straight away, because a sunrise like that can also be great. In this case it was a birthday call that I…
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Andalusia 2012
Spring 2012 was my (so far) last visit to the Calar Alto Observatory. This time, however, I first went to nearby Granada, where I gave a presentation on my project and was then able to have helpful discussions with my colleagues there. On the day of arrival, but also in the mornings and evenings on…
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La Palma 2014 (3)
In March I was scheduled to work a few days on the highest mountain of La Palma. While I left home at sea level at 20°C, I found an amazing landscape on the mountain. The water of the clouds the days before froze to everything, slowly forming large sideways icicles, showing the wind direction.
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La Palma 2014 (2)
This was a lovely hike, passing from the dry landscape close to Santa Cruz de La Palma to the area where enough water is available to sustain a pine forest. Thereby, the trees collect their own water from the little droplets of the clouds, that are often hanging around the hills,. The steep landscape provides…
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La Palma 2014
I lived on the Canary Island La Palma for one year. It was an amazing year. There are more pictures to share, this is one of the first ones, taken at the beginning of a walk on my first morning on the island. And when I say walk, it actually turned out to be a…
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Calar Alto October 2011
Observing time at large telescopes is valuable and sometimes one only observes several hours a night (e.g. the transit of an exoplanet) and the rest of the time is for other projects. The big advantage for the visiting observer is, that they can enjoy the night sky on such a dark sport themselves. Although, the…
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La Palma 2021
Amazing how the clouds behave like a river. They overflow a mountain ridge on La Palma, some warm up so much that they evaporate on the way down while others just keep moving along. The see of clouds in the foreground is also really interesting to watch, the ups and downs the relative movement between…
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Calar Alto February 2010
A business trip brought me on my first flight, looking down on the landscape was amazing. And then, at the airport in Almeria, it felt like summer holiday, only it was February. The observatory was covered in snow and we were above the clouds. That were so many good, and yet sometimes contradicting experiences. Thanks…
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