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A quick trip to Arthur C Clarke's house in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 2024
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Astronomers at the annual DPS meeting in London, Ontario, Canada, October 2022
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Total solar eclipse in Western Australia! Along with stromatolites, quokkas, and emus, April 2023
Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, seen from DC, December 2020
Asteroid Occultation field-trip to Indiana, October 2020
Astronomers at the DPS-EPSC meeting in Geneva, September 2019
New Horizons flyby of MU69 Arrokoth at 40 AU! January 2019
Keeping the New Horizons spacecraft safe en route to the Kuiper belt, December 2018 
Chasing a stellar occultation at the edge of the solar system in Colombia, August 2018
Talking Astronomy in Kathmandu, with a bonus appearance on Nepal TV, June 2018
Astronomers at the DPS meeting, Provo, Utah, October 2017 
Making a movie in Bombay: Palace of Horror, September 2017 
Chasing a KBO occultation from an ostrich farm in South Africa, May 2017 
A Plutonian guest lecture and tall temples in Tamil Nadu, India, March 2017 
Dark skies and telescopes on the outskirts of Bombay, India, February 2017 
Astronomers converge on the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, February 2016
I give a talk with a magician and engineering students in Baroda, India, February 2016 
Field Trip to Lonar Impact Crater with bats and goats, India, January 2016
Astronomers at the DPS meeting outside of Washington, DC, October 2015
NASA's New Horizons mission flies past Pluto, July 2015
Astronomy in Rural Limpopo, South Africa, May 2015
Observing (again!) at Sutherland, South Africa, December 2014
Astronomers at the DPS meeting, Denver, October 2013
Telescopes, stars, and snow at Sutherland, South Africa, 2013-2014
Wild dogs at Pilanesberg, South Africa, March 2014
FameLab Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2014
Astronomy at Madikweng Secondary, Limpopo, September 2013
My Going Away Food Truck Party @ NASA HQ, Washington DC, September 2012.
FameLab Astrobiology, Atlanta GA, April 2012.
Transit of Venus, Washington DC, June 2012
Space Shuttle Discovery over DC, April 2012.
FameLab Astrobiology, Washington DC, March 2012
Astronomers at the DPS-EPSC meeting in France, October 2011,
Okie-Tex Star Party, Oklahoma Panhandle, October 2010,
Bratfest: Astronomers with beer, brats, and corn, Boulder, September 2010.
Photos of astronomers at the DPS meeting in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, October 2009
Riders @ Denver Skatepark, June 2009.
Trip to Lakeside, Colorado, and a ride on the Wild Chupmunk, June 2009.
Quick snow climb up Mt. Neva, Colorado, June 2009.
Observing trip to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico (with bonus California
Condors!), October 2008.
Tomatoes, cantaloupes, and other varieties from the garden, August 2007.
Trip to Skinner Hut, February 2006
New
Horizons launch to Pluto. Florida, January 2006
Trip to Oregon with ocean and persimmons, November 2005
England,
Scotland, and Spain, September 2005
France,
Switzerland, and the environs, July 2005
Mountain Biking the Great Divide, NM, June 2005
Skiing across the Gore Range, March 2005
Paragliding in the Pawnee Grasslands, January 2005
Xmas and exploring in Tucson, December 2004
Bands at the
Edinburgh, SF, December 2004
Climbing at Penitente, October 2004
Halloween and Vegetables, October 2004
Lone Eagle Peak, September 2004
Corn + Mike get hitched in Minnesota, July 2004
Hut Trip to Jay's Cabin, Feburary 2004
Trip to Oregon and the Bay Area, September 2003
Winter camping at Ouzel Lake (RMNP), November 2003
San Antonio / Austin, October 2003
Conundrum
Hot Springs, September 2003
Climbing the Stiletto (RMNP), June 2003
Mesa Verde with the cousins, June 2003
Biking through Yellowstone, May 2003
Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland, March 2003
`The Morning After', CMC Cabin Trip, February 2003
Section House Hut Trip, January 2003
3rd Flatiron during solar eclipse, November 2002
North Sister climb, August 2002
Boulder County Fair, August 2002
Mt. Meeker via Dreamweaver, May 2002
Quick trip to Oregon, March 2002
Trip to Betty Bear Hut, February 2002
Cheri Glassblowing! February 2002
CICLOPS @ Laudisio, December 2001
Birthday box o' worms (Eisenia Foetida) from my sister, December 2001
Destroying the house, Summer 2001
Diving, Channel Islands, October 2000
Rachel & Zack's wedding, Lawrence KS, September 2000
Heather's new kayak, Margaret.
Corvallis High School 1990 10th reunion, August 2000. (Also see the official reunion page.)
Taiko at night in the Rikuzen-Takata gym
Carrot slicing, Keiko's house, Odawara
Outside the Abano Terme main hall (DPS '99)
Gladiators busy slashing each other to the death outside the Coliseum, Rome
Mark orbits his favorite moon
Luna & Titania, Rome
A fossilized dog, buried in the Vesuvian eruption of 79 AD
Gattaca attacks!
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Mariachi musicians (and a harp! and drug-trafficking songs!) in Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City, April 2010.
Francie's Hut, March 2005
Iowa, March 2004
Skiing on
Mt. Eva, June 2003
Quandary Peak, April 2003
Montana, November 2002
Longs Peak, August 2002
Various climbs, Summer 2002
Breckenridge, May 2002
