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Old 27-09-2010, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller View Post
Very nice. If I may ask a silly question: what is the white plastic pipe about? Part of a frame for a sun/rain cover?

BTW I'm always struck by how much scenery in Sth Africa can look like Oz. Even the grass is the same shade of 'green'.
It is the bottom ring of a portable "observatory" that I put together.
Works a treat and stood up to some serious winds too.

The photo was taken at a star party in the middle of the Karoo which is arid semi-desert.
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