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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the math fans among us, you can calculate to get this shot, Peter woulda had to be about 9 miles away. The moon is about half a degree and you can get the dimensions of the Lick Observatory complex, then do the scaling:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterthoeny/52077343460/?fbclid=IwAR22aEl1QRggDLGynwLWFOtEtP4cO3rTbPz1ZXHsu5Z0dNdIffjOVUecxU8">Lunar eclipse over Lick Observatory | I headed to the Sierra… | Flickr</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everything had to work out just perfectly for this: a calm very clear evening over San Jose, trail access, cool as all get out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am thinking of trying a closer shot such that the main refractor dome on Mount Ham would span about a quarter of a degree. But it won’t match that eclipse photo Peter took, heh.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> spike@rainier66.com <spike@rainier66.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 May, 2022 5:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'ExI chat list' <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> spike@rainier66.com<br><b>Subject:</b> art thru careful planning<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Peter Thoeny really nailed this one. This is the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton with this week’s lunar eclipse in the background.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img border=0 width=123 height=75 style='width:1.2812in;height:.7812in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D86AE2.1EC46450"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I know the exact trail he was on to get this photo. I hiked that one coupla weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Well done indeed Peter! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>