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Guillermo Haro Observatory |
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The main building of the observatory. |
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Dodge Durango |
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This was my car during stay at Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory atop Sierra Mariquita, Canana, Estado de Sonora, Mexico |
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Sonoran Panorama |
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A breathtaking view from Sierra Mariquita, 2800 m a.s.l. |
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Sonoran Panorama |
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Sonoran Panorama from Guillermo Haro Observatory. |
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The observatory |
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A view of the observatory |
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Sunset light on the dome |
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In a fiew minutes I open the dome and start to work. |
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Sunset |
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One of the wonderful sunset from GHAO. |
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Earth's shadow 1 |
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This is amazing! The dark belt above the horizon is our planet shadows in the sunset. |
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Earth's shadow 2 |
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Another picture of the shadows of our planet projected against the horizon opposit to the sun. |
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After sunset 1 |
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After sunset some planets and ... zodiacal light are visible. |
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After sunset |
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Venus and Jupiter after sunset. |
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Snow storm (the day after) |
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I'll never forget that night under an ice storm: temperature below -26°C, wind gust at 120 km/h, ice grain scrathed my face. It was impossible to walk, to breath and to keep the eyes open. |
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National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
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This is the Kitt Peak headquarter in Tucson |
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Kitt Peak |
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A telescope dome at Kitt Peak National Observatory |
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The Mayall Telescope |
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The 4-m Mayall telescope dome: the main instruments at KPNO. |
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Gunfight at O.K. Corral |
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Ops, I miss my guns! |
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In
this page I would like to give you some ideas about the wonderful deep blue
Sonora Desert sky. 
