![Click to enlarge](img/th_2132.jpg) | Getting picked up again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2133.jpg) | Hanging. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2134.jpg) | Hanging. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2135.jpg) | Removing the primary mirror cover. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2136.jpg) | Gaelen and Marie on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2137.jpg) | Gaelen and Marie on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2138.jpg) | Gaelen climbs down. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2139.jpg) | Getting ready to take the payload outside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2140.jpg) | Going outside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2141.jpg) | BLAST outside again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2142.jpg) | Attaching the ballast. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2143.jpg) | Attaching the ballast. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2144.jpg) | BLAST from behind. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2145.jpg) | Attaching the crush pads. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2146.jpg) | Weather report. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2147.jpg) | BLAST comes back in. Hey! at least the NSBF crew is getting good at fitting BLAST through the door... |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2148.jpg) | Discussing improvements that could be made before the next launch attempt. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2149.jpg) | Santa Rosa Lake overlook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2150.jpg) | Santa Rosa Lake (or what's left of it) predawn. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2152.jpg) | Bugs on the overlook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2153.jpg) | Bugs on the overlook. (There were a lot of them). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2156.jpg) | Santa Rosa Dam and Lake. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2158.jpg) | A view of Tucumcari. All there is in Tucumcari is hotels; lots and lots of hotels. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2159.jpg) | Tucumcari is on the Interstate, so it rates a Circle K in addition to two Allsupses. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2160.jpg) | Another view of Tucumcari. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2161.jpg) | Heading south from Tucumcari on a secondary highway. The tall hill at left is Saddleback Mesa. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2164.jpg) | The road less travelled (maybe due to all the construction). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2165.jpg) | Stopped by the flagman. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2166.jpg) | Construction beyond the pickup at right you can see the buildings of Ragland, New Mexico. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2167.jpg) | McAlister, New Mexico. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2168.jpg) | House, New Mexico. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2169.jpg) | At the New Mexico Wind Energy Center. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2170.jpg) | The FPL Energy New Mexico Wind Energy Center |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2171.jpg) | How New Mexico Wind Turbines Generate Electricity |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2172.jpg) | FPL Energy - A Growing National Presence |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2173.jpg) | Clean, Efficient and Affordable Wind Energy |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2174.jpg) | Wind: An Abundant Resource |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2175.jpg) | About Our Partner |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2176.jpg) | View of the windmills from the command hut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2177.jpg) | View of the windmills from the command hut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2178.jpg) | The New Mexico Wind Energy Center command hut. |
![Click toplay](img/th_2179.jpg) | A view of the windmill installation overlooking the ridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2180.jpg) | Backside of a windmill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2181.jpg) | Windmills. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2182.jpg) | Looking over the ridge. The dirt track is apparently a county road. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2183.jpg) | The county road descending the ridge. |
![Click to play](img/th_2184.jpg) | Closeup of a windmill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2185.jpg) | Closeup of a windmill. |
![Click to play](img/th_2186.jpg) | Underneath a windmill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2187.jpg) | Underneath a windmill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2189.jpg) | A fun new game: find the little lizard! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2191.jpg) | Hollywood & Vine. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2192.jpg) | BEST doing compatibility checks. |