This fisheye shot is unique in many ways. One is that it is the only Group Photo where I both took the Group photo, and also managed to be in it at the same time! See the camera up to my eye, just to the left of Garret's blue pants as he holds the hubcap for me. He is standing on top of one of Chuck's earliest astronomy ladders.

The complete group photo from 1989 shows the original 11 participants, whereas the hubcap picture above contains only 9 of the participants. Shown above are--- Chuck Dethloff is standing to my left, while John Buting is just above him. John has Candace to his right in the red jacket (despite the hot alpine sun, at over 7,000 feet, the air remains cool all day!)..... Steve H. and one of his daughters are present. Completing out the group are John A. and nine year old Russ J (seen just to the left of the black telescope tube). Judy D. was nearby, but not in this shot.

1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 were the years of our Steens OSPs. We left the Steens forever, and 1992 saw us begin OSPs at our new OSP site in the Ochoco Mountains--- about 140 miles NW of the Steens and very much closer to the major population centers of the West Coast. (click here for the story of Gary and Carolyn Strong's finding of our Ochocos site)