@markmccaughrean The family couldn't see what the attraction was for me of the Icelandic volcano webcams in recent years. Until, that is, I pointed out that the whole family's favourite seaside pastime is to dam streams and change their route to the sea.
I was in Namibia many years ago for the inauguration of the HESS telescopes - an amazing and beautiful country with a sad history. Rather amusing to see the German colonial buildings with steep pitched roofs to throw off the snow which of course never falls.
@Luke_Drury@jaztrophysicist IIRC, HESS is near the Gamsberg, a flat topped mountain part owned by the MPIA in Heidelberg. It was supposed to host the 2.2 metre telescope that later ended up in La Silla & perhaps also the 3.5m now on Calar Alto (my memory is fuzzy on this).
@markmccaughrean@Luke_Drury@jaztrophysicist And we are now trying to build a mm-wave radio telescope on the mountain and have asked the Max-Planck Society to sell the mountain back to Namibia, which is likely going to happen. Now, we still need a better road ….
@knud@hfalcke@Luke_Drury@jaztrophysicist I’m all for it, as long as the proceeds are spent on a waterhole in the grounds of the MPIA where we can watch the Wildschwein 🐗
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