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| Bad plane connection, ND stranded on Gran Canaria
| Removal of grating unit
| Registration of status quo
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| Replacing the grating unit
| WHT control panel, safety being released
| Removing the unit again
| View of the unit which contains the spring; we tried
to adjust the pressure of this spring
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| View from below showing the PNS and location of cassegrain equipment
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| Sequence of images showing the steps in mirror cleaning with foam
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| Views from the dome catwalk
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| WHT contol room, group pictures
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| Nicola
| Nigel
| Helen
| Aaron
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| Lionel prepares for another dreaded stomach-lurching descent.
| Computer room as seen from the lounge, Residencia
| Residencia from the outside
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| At the airport, ND noticed publicity posters of La Palma
which feature the enormously varied cloud formations
| He was noticed in turn by Dacil, who used to work in the Residencia
| The appearance of this car is evidence of the fact that
we had just missed the Fiesta del Pulvo in which, as the story goes,
thin-legged Englishmen are pounded with flour while their wives screech
"Derek, I just washed those shorts!" etc
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| Goin' home.
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