Hi Joe, I have not heard anything about the facility being scaled back. In fact, I thought I heard about plans to expand it. Maybe someone on the list knows for sure. BTW, I went back yesterday and got some pictures with the better camera. Here's the observatory: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg And here is the hill that I read is what's left of a volcano that blew up several thousand years ago: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock2.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock3.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock4.jpg patrick On 14 Oct 2012, at 13:58, Joe Bauman wrote:

Interesting, Patrick. The last couple of times I went through Delta I saw maybe a dozen or two of the hospital-bed-type detectors in the headquarters yard. Are they expanding their footprint, or pulling some back, or did they just not deploy some? Thanks for the photo -- Joe

________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:59 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD

I flew down by the U's cosmic ray observatory near Delta yesterday and was surprised to see a couple of structures I don't remember seeing when I was down that way a couple of years ago.

Here's a shot of the facility: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg

Can anyone here comment on what the various structures are (especially the small white building towards the bottom of the image and the long, rectangular building on the right)?

Regarding EPOD, here's a hill located SE of the observatory that I plan on going back with my good camera for a sunset shot on day soon: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg

Judging from all the striations I'm guessing it not only looks nice but has an interesting history. Any geologists on the list that might want to collaborate on writing the text for the submission?

Clear skies,

patrick

If this is south of Delta you are looking at Pavant Butte, a large tuff cone in the Black Rock Desert volcanic field, was constructed on top of pahoehoe and aa lava flows about 16,000 years ago. Pavant Butte owes its morphology to the fact that it was erupted through a water depth of 85 m in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. A prominent wave-cut shoreline is visible on the flanks of the cone. The subaerial portion of the 275-m-high cone consists of palagonite, formed by alteration of volcanic glass. The Pavant field is the northernmost in the Black Rock Desert. Mike On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:

Joe,

When I was doing the consulting work on the natural gas underground storage project in 2008, I would drive by their office in Delta everyday. They always had some spare monitoring apparatus (bed springs) in their back lot. I don't think anything has changed in the past four years.

Thanks Rodger C. Fry

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 5:35 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD (updated)

Hi Joe,

I have not heard anything about the facility being scaled back. In fact, I thought I heard about plans to expand it. Maybe someone on the list knows for sure.

BTW, I went back yesterday and got some pictures with the better camera.

Here's the observatory: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg

And here is the hill that I read is what's left of a volcano that blew up several thousand years ago: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock2.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock3.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock4.jpg

patrick

On 14 Oct 2012, at 13:58, Joe Bauman wrote:

...

Interesting, Patrick. The last couple of times I went through Delta I saw maybe a dozen or two of the hospital-bed-type detectors in the headquarters yard. Are they expanding their footprint, or pulling some back, or did they just not deploy some? Thanks for the photo -- Joe

________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:59 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD

I flew down by the U's cosmic ray observatory near Delta yesterday and was surprised to see a couple of structures I don't remember seeing when I was down that way a couple of years ago.

Here's a shot of the facility: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg

Can anyone here comment on what the various structures are (especially the small white building towards the bottom of the image and the long, rectangular building on the right)?

Regarding EPOD, here's a hill located SE of the observatory that I plan on going back with my good camera for a sunset shot on day soon: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg

Judging from all the striations I'm guessing it not only looks nice but has an interesting history. Any geologists on the list that might want to collaborate on writing the text for the submission?

Clear skies,

patrick

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Oh, now that I see these views it's definitely not Long Ridge; it's Pahvant Butte all right. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 5:35 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD (updated) Hi Joe, I have not heard anything about the facility being scaled back.  In fact, I thought I heard about plans to expand it.  Maybe someone on the list knows for sure. BTW, I went back yesterday and got some pictures with the better camera. Here's the observatory: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg And here is the hill that I read is what's left of a volcano that blew up several thousand years ago: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock2.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock3.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock4.jpg patrick On 14 Oct 2012, at 13:58, Joe Bauman wrote:

Interesting, Patrick. The last couple of times I went through Delta I saw maybe a dozen or two of the hospital-bed-type detectors in the headquarters yard. Are they expanding their footprint, or pulling some back, or did they just not deploy some? Thanks for the photo -- Joe

________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:59 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD

I flew down by the U's cosmic ray observatory near Delta yesterday and was surprised to see a couple of structures I don't remember seeing when I was down that way a couple of years ago.

Here's a shot of the facility: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg

Can anyone here comment on what the various structures are (especially the small white building towards the bottom of the image and the long, rectangular building on the right)?

Regarding EPOD, here's a hill located SE of the observatory that I plan on going back with my good camera for a sunset shot on day soon:  http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg

Judging from all the striations I'm guessing it not only looks nice but has an interesting history.  Any geologists on the list that might want to collaborate on writing the text for the submission?

Clear skies,

patrick

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