Decided to drive Mines Rd. up Mt. Hamilton, and when I got to Lick there were some emergency vehicles up by the other telescope (the one down the road from the Observatory). A fire engine and an ambulance were sitting in the middle of the road, and I think the EMTs were looking after someone near the road ( I didn't get a good look).

Anyway, when I parked up at the observatory, a helicopter was coming in for a landing. It made a couple of circles as it descended to the helipad, and everyone in the parking lot watched it come in. Of course, I pulled out my camera, lined up the shot, hit the shutter and <bleep>, it shut off. Out of juice and no spare battery.

 

well then, it never happened.

 

Damn you for calling me on it....

 

every phone on earth has a camera. do you not own a cellular telephone device?

 

Get in da choppa!!!

 

I did try to take a few cell phone pics, no idea if it got anything (I couldn't even tell where the helicopter was on the screen) when I took the pics. I have to find my transfer cable before I can download it, though.

Edit: Ugh, I'm not sure I should even bother posting these pictures... they're soooo bad.

If you squint really hard, you might see a smudge that looks like a helicopter.




Here's the Lick Seismograph showing the 4/4/10 7.2 magnitude quake in Guadalupe Victoria