Visit with Dad and Jim

2.5 mile (each way) hike to flowing lava along the coast:

Starting to get dark enough to see on the hillside above.

And here we are

Jim getting scorched (honestly, he is PAINFULLY close to the lava here) (the hairs on my arm were burning - Jim)

And now at a safe (though still hot) distance.  My dad remained about 10 yards distant, due to the heat that he couldn't bear.

Tour of Gemini North telescope

Great view of the shiny new silver coated 8m mirror (we got there just in time to watch them do the weekly C0_2 cleaning)

And the backside where the instruments are fairly permanently mounted.

The silver coating chamber

Keck 10m telescope, as seen through the bars, which actually looks smaller than Gemini.