Quote:
Originally Posted by ausastronomer
Hi all,
Well I have had my share of excitement at Comanche Springs. Here is a picture of the 15" Refractor at Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus.
CS-John B
|
Ha, tricked y'all. The 15" scope wasn't the real excitement at Comanche Springs. The sequence of events I describe below were
Larry Smith the director at Comanche Springs had mentioned they had a lot of rattlesnakes around the place. I said if you see one while I am there let me know because I would like to see it and get a picture of it, with my "telephoto lens". My intention was to photograph the snake at a safe distance.
Last night I arrived at Comanche Springs about an hour before sundown to observe with the 15" refractor. Larry said to me as I got out of the car, "there is a snake under the blackberry bush which you can get a picture of". He said, "it's not a rattlesnake but a 'bull snake', but will make for a good photograph." He said, "they are not poisonous and we like them around the place because they keep the rattlesnakes away".
Larry and I then walked over to the "blackberry bush" where I proceeded to take this photograph of the little "bull snake".
To be continued after the photograph