{"id":1357,"date":"2015-06-09T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T12:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T15:40:26","slug":"2015-04-29-star-gazing-in-san-pedro-de-atacama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"2015-04-29: Star Gazing in San Pedro de Atacama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had arrived late in the night, so I had not seen anything of Calama. I got up with curiosity thinking\u00a0 &#8220;Let&#8217;s see where we are today&#8221;. It turned out that Calama was not special at all. Another mining town aligned along a checker maze. Getting organized turned out to be a more tardy than usual &#8212; apparently,\u00a0 the language barrier was higher than usual. By the time I had sorted it out, the bus was to San Pedro de Atacama was gone. Luckily, I had factored in enough contingency into my planing to arrive in San Pedro just in time to join the star gazing tour. I had read about the star tours about 1,5 years back in a journal article, and sort of kept it in the back of my mind with the resolution &#8220;whenever I get to San Pedro, I will go star gazing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid light contamination, the star tours take place outside of San Pedro. After an introduction into the Southern night sky, we were led to a farm of telescopes, each of them pointing at different objects in the sky. We could freely walk around from telescope to telescope as we pleased. Later on, there was a question and answer session with Alain, the founder of the enterprise. He used to work as a professional astronomer for ESO, and decided to opt for a second life. Well, one could see that he enjoyed himself answering questions about the universe&#8230; Thanks for the gorgeous pictures of the moon, Alain &#8212; next time, I\u00a0 will want one from Saturn \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1360\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1360 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0060.jpg\" alt=\"Calama: Demonstration\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calama: Demonstration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1361\" style=\"width: 2136px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a 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Sunset\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Between Cajama and San Pedro de Atacama: Mountains during Sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1370\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0098.jpg\" alt=\"San Pedro de Atacama: Star Gazer with Telescope\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro de Atacama: Star Gazer with Telescope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1369\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0090.jpg\" alt=\"San Pedro de Atacama: The Moon\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro de Atacama: The Moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1368\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0088.jpg\" alt=\"San Pedro de Atacama: The Moon\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro de Atacama: The Moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1367\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_00831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_00831.jpg\" alt=\"San Pedro de Atacama: Telescope and Snow Topped Mountain in the Background\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro de Atacama: Telescope and Snow Topped Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1366\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a 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I got up with curiosity thinking\u00a0 &#8220;Let&#8217;s see where we are today&#8221;. It turned out that Calama was not special at all. Another mining town aligned along a checker maze. 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