LRIS slitmask
A slitmask for the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer at Keck. A lot of my time in grad school was spent designing these slitmasks. Each of the slits corresponded to a (candidate) high-redshift galaxy whose spectrum we wanted to collect.
Lei
Gina's lei on our balcony at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
W. M. Keck Observatory
Beachside deck
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
Insurance saleslizard
Big Island Brewhaus, Waimea, Hawaii
Walkways
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
Keck logo window
Window in the rear of the visitors' center, facing the ops rooms. When observing, we would spend the night in the ops rooms, directing the observations and reviewing the data.
Torches
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii. These were lit each evening by a man blowing a conch shell.
Ground Floor
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
NIRC
The Keck near-infrared camera. I used this instrument in grad school, and now it's a museum piece.