![Click to enlarge](img/th_3543.jpg) | Chris monitors TRACER at the barbecue. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3544.jpg) | Another duck caught in the war on terror. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3545.jpg) | Enzo, Chris, and Marie discuss the alignment of the optics box. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3546.jpg) | The view through the nitrogen shields of the cryostat at the retroreflector on the optics box. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3547.jpg) | The view through the nitrogen shields of the cryostat at the retroreflector on the optics box. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3548.jpg) | The view through the nitrogen shields of the cryostat at the retroreflector on the optics box. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3550.jpg) | Opening the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3551.jpg) | Don returns the pivot. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3552.jpg) | Don returns the pivot. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3553.jpg) | Gaelen and Danica replace solar cells. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3554.jpg) | Matt and Barth hang the pivot. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3555.jpg) | Barth investigates the biphase. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3557.jpg) | An ADC card. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3558.jpg) | Resealing the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3559.jpg) | Gaelen removes a broken flywheel encoder. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3563.jpg) | The gondola in the dark. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3564.jpg) | A ten second exposure of star camera testing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3565.jpg) | Another long exposure of star camera testing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3567.jpg) | Another long exposure of star camera testing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3568.jpg) | Ed on the telephone working on star cameras. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3571.jpg) | Enzo works in the dark. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3572.jpg) | Late at night, I come up with a brilliant way to power the gondola, with parts available easily at WalMart: three 9V batteries = one 27V battery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3574.jpg) | A spider Enzo found. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3575.jpg) | Matt fills the cryostat with nitrogen in the morning—a very noisy process. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3576.jpg) | Apricot pie! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3577.jpg) | Marie checks the alignment of the optics box during cool-down. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3579.jpg) | A brief lesson on chopsticks. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3580.jpg) | According to my fortune, I am social able. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3582.jpg) | A collection of fortunes. From top: Marie's, Chris's, Danica's, Jerry's, Gaelen's, Matt's, mine and Nick's. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_3583.jpg) | Nick and Barth wire up the ACS and the DAS for another Bemco run. |