The Man with No Time

I write this from my room in the ESO guesthouse in Santiago, having finished my observing run and made my way down from the mountain. The last two weeks have passed surprisingly quickly, and what seemed to be turning into a repeat of my lame duck observing run from last time ended up as a very successful trip to La Silla.

Today has been my first day at the top of the mountain, at La Silla observatory. It's as beautiful as I remember it, in its own rather desolate way. The dome of the ESO 3.6m telescope that I'll be observing with. In front of it is the shelter for the NTT. (Credit: David Brown)