Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

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Packing up693 viewsOur tour grop collects their gear and loads it into the bus for the long trip back to Arkaroola.
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Taking a fall693 viewsThe bottoms of the pools are quite slippery, and it's easy to take a spill.
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Nomad Living Quarters693 viewsA plethora of rugs helps keep the place warm in winter.
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Dining Companions693 viewsChuck and Elouise munch away on the Kaya Side goodies, as do Jim Windlinger, Attila, Michelle and Cherie at the next table. The emply seats opposite Chuck and Elouise are ours; Sandie and I were scampering about taking pictures.
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Cut-throat Castle693 viewsThe original name of Rumelihisari was "Boğazkesen", which means "strait-cutter"; but "boğaz" means "throat" as well as "strait" in Turkish, so the implication was that it was going to cut the throat of Byzantium - which it did.
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Library Grilles693 viewsThese grilles separate the Library, added in 1739 by Sultan Mahmud I, from the nave.
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Corners693 viewsAt each corner of the square formed by the upper galleries, there is an exedra - a semicircular columned recess which relieves the starkness of sharp corners and provides nooks for conversation.
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Crestmont House Basement693 viewsThe basement of the Crestmont house.
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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022693 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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Two minutes after Third Contact692 viewsC3 + 2 min 16 sec
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Shooting the Eclipse692 viewsMichelle Evans borrowed an 8" Meade LX-200 Schmidt-Cassegrain (large scope in center) from Space Camp Turkey for the eclipse, but it was for visual use only, no photography. Some photographers were content with cameras on tripods (right of center). Others didn't event bother with tripods.
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Rube Goldberg Improvisation692 viewsChuck and Elouise concocted some cockamamie scheme to try to capture the onset of totality, while I looked on with bemused scepticism. Don't remember how well their crazy apparatus worked.
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