On my short flight to Atlanta I read about telescopes in this book, and enjoyed looking at the Earth below me. I was riding approximately 7 miles above the ground, only 193 miles lower than the International Space Station!
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This cloud cover is one reason huge telescopes aren't built in Central Illinois. |
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The International Terminal in Atlanta has a beautiful view. Check out that star! |
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Constellations of humans seen from the plane. |
Sunrise. |
A nice man named Pedro let me wear his coat. I put it on over my backpack... turtle turtle. |
Central Market with lots of shops and restaurants. |
We ate lunch here. It was delicious and interesting. The building was open to the air, so it was a little chilly. |
The view from the top. The gray layer of clouds is smog. |
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Click to enlarge. You can see why big observatories are not built in Santiago either. |
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Two friends of mine from the Great Lakes Planetarium Association are in ACEAP as well. Space Ladies of the world, unite! From left to right, Me, Shannon Schmoll of the Abrams Planetarium, and Sarah Komperud of the Bell Museum of Natural History. |
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