It's been a busy week, due in part to the filming at work of a EuroNews program, Futuris. I played host to the producer and his film crew yesterday, ushering them around the office for interviews with various JIVE staff, and then Charles and I took them out to the Westerbork telescope (about, ASTRON photos) to do some filming and an interview with Charles there.
Much to our delight, they let us use lift that was on-site to film the interview and some close-up shots of one of the antennas.
I took some photos of my own while we were up there. This is looking east at dishes 7-12:
Looking west at dishes 1-5 (we were positioned in front of #6):
The producer even volunteered to take our photo while we were up there.
But I was especially pleased that Charles chose to wear his pig tie for the interview:
it's not the camera that adds 15 pounds to my face, it's the fat... as you can all see, the life of leisure i lead here in europe has gone to my head, or at least my belly. Sigh.
Also, note that we are at least 14 meters off the ground and the wind is gusting at 30 km/h, which means that the lift we are on sways enough that your reflex is to reach out for the railing... unless you know that you are supposed to stay in frame.
Posted by: the guy with the pigs on his tie | April 23, 2008 at 09:19 PM
If pigs could fly could Astron find them with their telescopes?
Posted by: Parents of the cool lady with the book | April 24, 2008 at 01:10 AM
Hey, you guys are famous! :)
Pig tie = best thing ever
Posted by: Amanda | April 24, 2008 at 04:32 AM