Nice pic Patrick - as usual. I've long wanted to make a winter ascent of Timp but my arthritic hips, slipped disk and bad knees will probably not allow it in this lifetime. For some reason all of the hype about comets has reminded me of H.G. Wells' "In the Days of the Comet". Has anyone else read this? Not his best work, and it has been years since I read it, but it is an interesting novel. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 7:54 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) Let's blame it on the comet. It just does not want to be seen. Frustrating that the clouds are not that thick and don't go up that high. I got this shot over Utah Lake this afternoon showing we just need to put a remotely operated observatory on top of Mt. Timp: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/timpclouds.jpg Well, remote operated for most of us. Joe would probably prefer to take his images while sitting on the peak. :) patrick