Don explains multiwavelength astronomy in the classroom at LANSCE.
John helps us understand the direction of the tail we saw on the comet the night before.
The wonders of XEPHEM.
The crowd gathers for dinner at the Central Avenue Grill.
Some study their menus, others practice their drawing skills.
Claire Peeps, from the Durfee Foundation, and her daughter Zoe, join us for dinner.
Christina and Hannah are hard at work on their drawings.
Hannah's drawing of a comet.
Christina's drawings , including curious animals in a tree.
Katie and the boys play hangman while the others draw.
Ned's Aztec God.
Chad's monster.
Zoe's fantastic creatures.
Juanama's dragon, still in progress.
Elizabeth's salt shaker and Roman candle.
Corrie's sun.
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Juanama's dragon, finished.
Elizabeth adds some more figures to her drawing.
Juanama moves to a new spot and draws a Griffin.
Brian draws his own hand.
Zoe adds to her pictures.
We pack the house for Michelle Thomsen's talk on the Cassini mission to Saturn.
Michelle Thomsen talks about the history of observing Saturn.
Michelle shows the Cassini spacecraft, on its way to Saturn.
Michelle answers questions.
Ned talks with Michelle, John Rhoades, and another audience member.
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Ned and Michelle converse after her talk.
Hannah communes with J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Hannah and Oppenheimer are good friends.
Chad joins Juanama and Elizabeth in what was until then a two-person couch at Hilltop House.
Worn out after a night of observing.
Cheering up at the prospect of going home after the long night.
Earthwatch artwork at Fenton Hill.
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Random musings at Fenton Hill.
Well, when do we go...?
Scott, Frank, Ellie, and Don.
Tough guys, Frank and Derek, with Galen spying.