Comments on: Moving Through a Dream

By: Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:22:53 +0000

Having worked at CTIO for 13 years, one of the things that surprised me was during my interview when I first arrived and went for a walk in Santiago from the “Guest House”.
I knew things were “turned around” in the Southern Hemisphere, but nevertheless I was a bit surprised when I was just navigating the streets using the sun. We always are used to the sun generally “coming up to the left and moving to the right”. I’d never thought of it as a “principle” until that first walk in the Southern Hemisphere, where it went from “right to left”.

By: Tim Spellman

Tim Spellman — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 01:10:14 +0000

Your whole travelogue so far gives me chills. Keep up the great reports!

By: Tino Koschinski

Tino Koschinski — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:02:27 +0000

I can see the Magellanic Clouds every night if it is clear – which happens here quite often but I haven’t seen the big dipper in over a decade! Sometimes I look at Orion and think .. well it looks almost the same just the Orion nebular is on the other side of the 3 stars 🙂 Feels really weird …

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:13:45 +0000

Was talking with my wife a week or two ago about how seeing the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere would be a completely different experience – yet similar – and how seeing it, Alpha Centauri, the Southern Cross, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds was on my bucket list.

Your experience sounds just like ours from years ago when we went to Egypt. Was very much like moving through a dream.

I had to shift much more “into the moment” for that and when I did really began to enjoy the ride. The more I shifted, the deeper the experience went.

It may take a while to process it all into something to write about – I humbly suggest not being concerned about that, just let it happen at its own pace and enjoy yourself! 🙂

By: Arturo Gutierrez

Arturo Gutierrez — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:12:35 +0000

sounds to me like you’re having fun 🙂