The first attraction you have to visit being to Tenerife: LORO Park
You will find among others dolphins and penguins on that beautiful island of nature
The superfast trimaran ferry takes us from Tenerife to La Palma. Joachim, Gisela and Renate on board
On La Palma in 2400 m altitude: Visit to the 4.2 m Herschel-Telescope ...
Heavy and huge since Herschel is not yet equipped with active optics
Tons of scientific instrumentation at the rear
The very heavy pyrex mirror while being installed
My sad "good by" to the impressive Herschel Telescope
At the largest single telescope on earth
While in construction before "First Light" in 2009
Segmented mirror with an equivalent dia. of 10.4 m
...having a look at the real one...
Mirror being cleaned with cold Nitrogen by a technican (see lifted cage)
Secondary mirror poiting at the horizon
Renate and I at the bottom of the huge structure
Altitude: 2426 m
