128 Quotes About Observatory

Having studied High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD), I now regard professional astronomers as mad scientists.

When people discuss High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD), it is my expectation that the first name that comes to mind will be Steven Magee.

Do you know that high altitude workers have been displaying gender changing issues?

Do you know that long term exposure to very high altitudes may cause daytime fatigue and sleep apnea?

Amnestic disorders are a known aspect of very high altitude exposures in the sea level adapted human.

The most dangerous weather condition that I experienced at high altitude was walking out of the observatory to check on astronomers in another building during a snow blizzard. When I was returning to the observatory the conditions progressed to white out, stranding me in a nighttime snow field. I was only able to return to the safety of the observatory by following my footprints in the snow with the flashlight.

Hearing loss is a known effect of high altitude barotrauma.

Snow cleaning of the world's largest telescope mirrors was an impressive sight. The optics technicians would climb into a huge telescopic boom lift and spray immense clouds of cold carbon dioxide snow and gas onto the ten meter diameter mirrors high above the floor indoors. It would cause some of the accumulated dirt to magically fall off, leaving it less dirty.

At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure or heart rate of workers.