The stars and the mountains

Thanksgiving weekend.

We had gone out camping in the Guadalupe National Park. It was fantastic. And an eye-opener. If you forget your tent, and sleep under the stars with only the wild howling winds for company (along with a couple of friends pissed off at you for forgetting the tent), your eyes will definitely open early when you sleep facing the east. Anyway, sleeping without the tent wasn't too bad (since we slept for only 4 hours) and gazing at the beautiful mountains while you wake up, sure beats that irritating alarm clock I have.

Carlsbad caverns. The photos don't do it justice.

The third leg of our trip was the McDonald observatory near Fort Davis. We have been planning to visit that for a long time, since Tanmay and I went to Big Bend in September. The sky from that area is awesome and they have a really nice starparty too. (This is the first time I saw the dumbbell nebula, M27). Looks nice !
Definitely worth another trip.

For a more poetic description of the trip check out Sundar's blog entry.