Auger photos (300 dpi)

May 2001, film 1

photo 18 - Los Leones bay 5, fallen scaffold
photo 19 - Los Leones bay 5, raising the fallen scaffold
photo 20 - Los Leones bay 5, remounting the scaffold
photo 21 - Los Leones bay 5, remounting the scaffold
photo 22 - Los Leones bay 5, adjusting shutter door
photo 23 - Los Leones bay 5, protecting people from melting snow
photo 24 - FD correcting lens support
photo 25 - bay 5, detail of mounting box upper part
photo 26 - bay 5 mounting box
photo 27 - bay 5, detail of mounting box upper part
photo 28 - bay 5, glass window waiting to be installed
photo 29 - base of reference point
photo 30 - bay 5, detail of mounting box lower part
photo 31 - bay 5, detail of mounting box lower part
photo 32 - bay 5, detail of mounting box lower part
photo 33 - bay 4, emergency shutter and window
photo 34 - structure for filters before mounting
photo 35 - bay 4, emergency shutter detail
photo 36 - Andes seen from Los Leones - looking WNW
photo 37 - bay 5 upper part of shutter door

May 2001, film 2

photo 02 - Andes seen from Los Leones - looking WNW
photo 03 - Andes seen from Los Leones - looking NW
photo 04 - Andes seen from Los Leones - looking WSW
photo 05 - Andes seen from Los Leones - looking W
photo 06 - Los Leones FD building seen from behind
photo 07 - Los Leones - shutter adjustemnt on bay 5
photo 08 - Los Leones - shutter adjustemnt on bay 5
photo 09 - Los Leones - bay 3 (untouched) ,4 (ready) and 5 (being worked on)
photo 10 - Thorns of a thorny bush at Los Leones
photo 11 - Thorny bushes at Los Leones
photo 12 - window of bay 5 being removed
photo 13 - J.Kleinfeller showing how to remove the window pannels without a screwdriver.
photo 14 - First light in bay 5
photo 15 - Detail of the adjustment to keep the shutter light tight. The clear aluminium between the wall and the door was added to fix the light seal (hidden behind the door)
photo 16 - bay 5 without the protection window.
photo 17 - high level cleaning crew
photo 18 - details of the adjustemnt required to install the upper protection of the door. It was meant to be screwed directly on the wall...
photo 19 - same, after being finished and light tight, one day of work after.
photo 20 - Flavia in the Pampas
photo 21 - Flavia in the Pampas
photo 22 - Vizcacha hole near Flavia
photo 23 - Vizcacha hole near Flavia
photo 24 - river near Flavia

May 2001, film 3

photo 02 - View of the upper part of the lens support
photo 03 - View of the failsafe curtain
photo 04 - Work on tank (Iuri and Stephane)
photo 05 - Vacuum cleaning Miranda (Iuri and Stephane)
photo 06 - Cow near a tank
photo 07 - Rainbow and dark skies over the pampas

July 2001

photo 3.19 - Installing antenna on Luciana
photo 3.20 - Snow on the Andes from Luciana
photo 3.21 - Installing Antenna on Luciana
photo 3.22 - More Andes with snow from Luciana
photo 3.24 - More Andes with snow from Luciana
photo 02 - Truck stuck in frozen mud near Tamara, before dawn
photo 03 - Truck stuck in frozen mud near Tamara, before dawn
photo 05 - Pink Andes at sunrise from Tamara
photo 06 - Pink Andes at sunrise from Tamara
photo 08 - Installing electronics on Tamara
photo 10 - Scott removing water from the road
photo 14 - All crews meet at Paula
photo 15 - Details of Paula
photo 16 - What is wrong with this tank?
photo 17 - Sunrise over the Pampas, at the 2nd gate in El Chacay
photo 18 - Sunrise over the Pampas, at the 2nd gate in El Chacay
photo 19 - Cerro Nevado is pink at sunrise
photo 20 - No jumpstart cables? Then charge the battery 15 minutes!
photo 23 - Dead horse between Daniela and Luciana
photo 25 - Live horses near Daniela

February/March 2002


photo 02 - Ricardo preparing a barbecue at the office building
photo 05 - Barbecue place at the office building
photo 20 - Denis opening Carmen's electronics box
photo 21 - Denis and Pierre opening Carmen's electronics box
photo 22 - Denis inspecting Carmen's electronics box
photo 23 - Denis tightening cables on Carmen
photo 24 - Xavier drying junction box with his shirt
photo 25 - CPD - Cow Protection Device, around the battery box and cables
photo 29 - Truck loaded with 8 new tanks arriving from Brazil at the assembly building
photo 31 - Details of the new tanks on the truck
photo 32 -Truck with tanks seen from behind
photo 34 - Tanks on the truck, showing the gap between them.
photo 36 - Unloading a tank from the truck
photo 37 - Unloading a tank from the truck
photo 02 - Stephanie washing parts of the water truck
photo 03 - Stephanie washing parts of the water truck
photo 05 - Party doing differential GPS measurements
photo 07 - Xavier and Maria reading differential GPS measurements
photo 08 - ... while Pable drinks his mate
photo 10 - SD camera reflected in the mirror at Los Leones
photo 14 - Falcon on the antenna mast
photo 21 - Large birds near Carmen
photo 22 - Large birds near Carmen
photo 26 - Green cortaderas

March/April 2003

Installation work at Los Leones and Coihueco


photo 1.03 - Leveling the rail support with a transparent hose
photo 1.05 - Los Leones - bay 5, all supports installed
photo 1.07 - Detail of support and lower rail
photo 1.10 - Installing seal of aperture box - making holes
photo 1.11 - Installing seal of aperture box - applying cloth
photo 1.12 - Installing seal of aperture box - fixing cloth
photo 1.14 - Marking holes for the moving arm at Los Leones bay 4-5
photo 1.17 - Drilling holes for the moving arm at Los Leones bay 4-5. The vacuum cleaner is used to avoid dust
photo 1.18 - Installing rail support: marking hole position
photo 1.19 - Installing rail support: cleaning hole with a brush
photo 1.21 - Installing rail support: cleaning hole with air
photo 1.22 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones
photo 1.23 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones
photo 1.24 - Homemade aluminium light seals, bay 5 of Los Leones
photo 1.25 - raising shutter door at Los Leones bay 5
photo 2.15 - Unwanted gap at the bottom of shutter bay 4 of Los Leones
photo 2.16 - Installing opening system at bay 4 of Los Leones
photo 2.17 - Installing opening system at bay 4 of Los Leones
photo 2.19 - The trick to open the shutter without a motor
photo 2.20 - Bent lower rail at Coihueco - look at the space below the level
photo 2.22 - Bent lower rail at Coihueco after being rotated 90 degrees
photo 2.23 - Control switches at the center of the shutter, bay 6 of Los Leones
photo 3943 - Control switches at the right of the shutter, bay 6 of Los Leones

Alignment of aperture box at Los Leones

photo 3927 - Fixture for the vertical alignment
photo 3928 - Another view of the fixture for the vertical alignment
photo 3929 - Fixtures for the horizontal and the vertical alignment - Front view
photo 3930 - Fixtures for the horizontal and the vertical alignment - lateral view
photo 3933 - Fixtures for the horizontal alignment on the top of the aperture box
photo 3926 - Distance between axis and face of alignment compass
photo 3934 -"Measureing the length of the screw of the alignment compass
photo 3936 - View of the alignmemnt setup
photo 3938 - View of the alignmemnt setup
photo 3937 - View of the alignmemnt compass

Pre-production tank deployment

photo 1.28 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks ready to go to the ground array
photo 1.29 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks at the El Chacay gate
photo 1.30 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks on the Boratav highway
photo 1.31 - Truck loaded with 4 tanks in the middle of the pampa
photo 1.33 - Unloading tanks from the big truck in the pampa
photo 1.35 - Loading one tank on the small truck in the pampa
photo 1.37 - Installing batteries on tank Tomas
photo 2.01 - Installing batteries Moura-Brasil on tank Tomas
photo 2.02 - Drinking mate at tank Tomas - tomas un mate?
photo 2.03 - Checking position of a new tank
photo 2.05 - Water truck is coming to fill the tank
photo 2.06 - Checking PMT's
photo 2.07 - PMT checking box
photo 2.08 - An oscilloscope in the pampa

Last updated: Apr 30,2003