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1998
GEMINID METEOR SHOWER



Expedition Log















Click for HI-RES image 		wide view of meteor-patrol GEM #1 w/5 cameras (4 35mm, 1 120): G11

Looking towards the west (where Orion+Gemini was setting at dawn).



Click for HI-RES image 		wide view of meteor-patrol GEM #2 w/2 cameras: Takahashi EM10

Looking towards the west (where Orion+Gemini was setting at dawn).



Click for HI-RES image 		wide view of meteor-patrol GEM #3 w/1 camera: Celestron GP mount

Looking towards the west (where Orion+Gemini was setting at dawn).



Click for HI-RES image 		(east) view of site (on a hill w/panoramic view), as dawn is breaking.

shows 4x4 van & 3 meteor-patrol GEMs. Note equipment-cases scattered, & lounge chair for visual observations (used rarely, since I was mostly busy running around, firing cameras)



Click for HI-RES image 		(west) view of site (on a hill w/panoramic view), as dawn is breaking.

shows 4x4 van & 3 meteor-patrol GEMs & equipment-cases scattered



Click for HI-RES image 		closeup view of East Area equipment "pile" (5 camera cases, 1 G11 case). The haphazard look is the result of breaking out 250 lbs of equipment at night (poor lighting), under time-pressure.



Click for HI-RES image 		closeup view of West Area equipment "pile" (1 camera cases, 3 accessory cases). The haphazard look is the result of breaking out 250 lbs of equipment at night (poor lighting), under time-pressure. In the foreground, is the EM10 meteor-patrol GEM.



Click for HI-RES image 		east view @sunrise, with crescent Moon over the Carrizo Plain. The Moon's earthshine phenomena, set against the azure-blue morning sky is a truly remarkable sight. A welcome sight, which allowed me to pause for some relaxation (after 12 straight hours of running meteor-patrol equipment). Then, it was packing up & rushing back to Los Angeles (4 hour drive!). Sleep deprivation (an all nighter), a few car problems (still getting the bugs out of my in-development 4x4): it was *murderous*




I've been working on engineering/fabrication of a new suspension for my 4x4 van (since last June). I only completed the (rear) suspnesion 2 days, before I made the Leonids '98 (300 mile) desert trek. This was the 2nd desert-run, for the Geminid Meteor Shower.

Click HERE for details on my 4x4 van project



Click for HI-RES image 		UNDER CONSTRUCTION: come back until Dec 25 for additional images