03-29-2017, 03:39 PM
Reni - I used to use that phenomenon to play a joke on visiting astronomers that had never been to the summit before. If I were driving them up the mountain I'd always buy a large bag of chips which I'd put in the vehicle's trunk. It would invariably explode, usually somewhere on the Summit access road, and the visitors would always look around concerned. I would just say "Don't worry, one of the tires blew, but we'll be fine" and simply carry on as if nothing had happened. The looks I got were priceless, although I always showed them what had happened when we got to HP.
There was also an "incident" many years ago at UKIRT. Our director was observing and had taken some yogurt up from sea level. During the evening he tried to open it and it exploded showering his keyboard with yogurt which then stopped working - right in the middle of an observation. The report he filed in our fault system is still available and is now filed under "classics"!
There was also an "incident" many years ago at UKIRT. Our director was observing and had taken some yogurt up from sea level. During the evening he tried to open it and it exploded showering his keyboard with yogurt which then stopped working - right in the middle of an observation. The report he filed in our fault system is still available and is now filed under "classics"!