22.12.16 / Tenerife, Spain

AT WORK
While I continue my journey of discovery up and down the ‚Teide‘-volcano, here’s another image from the observatory. What a profound experience to stay up there… When night falls and these cutting-edge instruments „wake up“ to explore the night sky, you really do feel closer to the stars. Very interesting also to see people working up here during pretty much all hours of the day. Some astronomers work at night (depending on which telescope they use), and during the day a lot of maintenance has to be done on the telescopes. This lady in today’s image has just finished her work when the moon came up.