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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Great detail Mike. Altitude does make a difference.  |
It sure does, I'm seeing it with my own eyes and camera almost every session, it's bloody great
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As to the hosting idea. With that many domes, you'll need a lot more money than we spent at Swan Reach Imaging; and that was a bucket load. On top of that I did about $70k worth of work to minimise labour costs. Domes are sexy but not practical really, not to mention they can be very buggy. And; yes it is a really big commitment. Work starts half an hour before sunset every night, but I don't want to discourage you.
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That idea was in my head a while ago and as suggested, was very much a "concept", cooked up when I was brimming with excitement, almost manic with ideas for this euphoric, genital stiffening spot
. My model was going to be quite different to your, more traditional and complicated multi pier mixed form of hosting approach, where you are responsible for pretty much everything. I imagined a simpler "sharing the love" type model, where essentially people would, come up, pick a suitable spot, lease it and build what they want (within agreed guidelines) or maybe take up a "package" arrangement, created with a local supplier and enjoy a magnificent location for their observatory, on a renewable lease arrangement, very simple
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....unlikely to happen now buuuut not totally off the table, never say never....
Mike