Gene Hanson's Gallery
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The telescope and observing site
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| Another view of me and the 18" |
The old 12.5" scope. |
This space available! |
Desert Animals (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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| The Good! Desert
lizard known as a Chuckwalla. Often mistaken for a Gila Monster. |
The Bad! The Dreaded Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
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The Ugly! The desert scorpion. |
Desert Animals (The Improbable)
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| A Frog! |
Out for a swim at night. |
Pornographic Froggy. |
Natural Desert Yard
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| Saguaro Cactus. |
Prickley Pear Cactus. |
Jumping Cholla Cactus. |
Desert Weather
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| Monsoon clouds forming just before sunset. |
Sunset with building monsoon clouds. |
Another sunset with clouds already formed. |
The Future Observing Site in Carefree, Arizona
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| The new site, looking south at Black Mountain.
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A "Forest" of Octillos. |
View looking east. |
Milwaukee Astronomical Society
From the Mentor Program:
Some of the wonderful observers who survived my instruction. They are all
good friends.
Lance
and Gene. 13.1, 12.5, and 6 inch scopes. They say that great
comets are omens. Lance Shaw knocked on my email door within days of Comet
Hyakutake's appearance in the sky. Who says omens have to be bad? Lance
is second to no one when it comes to public stargazing programs. Recently
he has been closing his email message with the famous line by Clinton B.
Ford, "Never sleep more than 90 feet from your telescope." He
also informs me that he is having his second child. Coincidence? :)
Bob
Gent at Kitt Peak. Bob retired from the Air Force to apparently
take on astronomy full-time. He is 
currently the Astronomical League's
President and travels the country for the IDA. His energy is inspiring.
In fact, those of us in the know refer to him as the Energizer Bunny. He
claims not to have the cute pink custom with ears, but as we all know the
military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Due to circumstances
beyond his control, he now lives in Washington, DC. He plans to return
to Arizona within a few more years.
Mike
Simonsen. 
Administrator of the Mike Simonsen Discussion
Group. Mike thinks of me as the Steve Martin of VSOing. I think of Mike
as a one person disaster area, a walking time-bomb who reeks havoc in the
lives of all who come in contact with him. Case in point: this used to be
a very serious website! Mike used to own his own landscape business where
he ended up specializing in creating lakes no matter what the customer actually
requested. We claims it was just the unusually rainy weather, but those
of us who know him know better: Mike is a one person disaster area, a walking
time-bomb who reeks havoc on the lives of all who come in contact with him.
Because he is an international menace, the state of Michigan has taken measures
to protect the public at large. He's now incarcerated in the dome structure
seen here at the right.
Steve Dodder.
Sorry, no picture yet available, but he has a website. Steve lives just
south of Phoenix in Maricopa yet the drive is over an hour!
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Lance
and Gene. 13.1, 12.5, and 6 inch scopes. They say that great
comets are omens. Lance Shaw knocked on my email door within days of Comet
Hyakutake's appearance in the sky. Who says omens have to be bad? Lance
is second to no one when it comes to public stargazing programs. Recently
he has been closing his email message with the famous line by Clinton B.
Ford, "Never sleep more than 90 feet from your telescope." He
also informs me that he is having his second child. Coincidence? :)
Bob
Gent at Kitt Peak. Bob retired from the Air Force to apparently
take on astronomy full-time. He is 
Mike
Simonsen. 
Administrator of the Mike Simonsen Discussion
Group. Mike thinks of me as the Steve Martin of VSOing. I think of Mike
as a one person disaster area, a walking time-bomb who reeks havoc in the
lives of all who come in contact with him. Case in point: this used to be
a very serious website! Mike used to own his own landscape business where
he ended up specializing in creating lakes no matter what the customer actually
requested. We claims it was just the unusually rainy weather, but those
of us who know him know better: Mike is a one person disaster area, a walking
time-bomb who reeks havoc on the lives of all who come in contact with him.
Because he is an international menace, the state of Michigan has taken measures
to protect the public at large. He's now incarcerated in the dome structure
seen here at the right.