Through this traumatic event, believe it or not, I lost my fear of hights. Later that day, in that same museum, there was a talk given on Fenton Hill and Earthwatch, including the eight of us telling a little bit about ourselves. Even later that night, we talked to Don about the CCD camera, a device that takes pictures by counting actual photons of light entering in different places on the lens. We were all a bit confused by subtraction of defects and division of flat, aaaahhhhhh. The scientific method is effective.
Science needs creativity.
Most interesting talk I've ever heard. That night we went up to Fenton to observe. Little did I know what was in store for me. Then I went to the larger telescope, in the AstroDome, poor choice. I spent the rest of the time coaxing the telescope to talk to the computer.