Pictures From The October 2005 Okie-Tex Star Party In Kenton, Oklahoma taken by Mike Borman, Tony Bryan, and Scott Conner

- Part of the long 2 day drive from Indiana through Kansas.
- Scott Conner, Tony Bryan, and Bill Bernauer at the Wind Turbine Power Plant near Montezuma, Kansas.
- Mike Borman, Scott Conner, and Bill Bernauer at the Wind Turbine Power Plant near Montezuma, Kansas. Obviously it was windy!
- Panorama of Camp Billy Joe near Kenton, OK, home of Okie-Tex, taken from top of mesa.
- Tony and Scott with "Okie" and "Tex" atop the mesa overlooking Camp Billy Joe.
- Mike and Tony on top of mesa near Camp Billy Joe.
- Hiking below the top of the mesa.
- Hiking on top of the mesa.
- Scott seems to have found a crevasse!!.
- Bill Bernauer and his telescope, ready to observe!
- Scott and Mike's 18" Obsession. Scott has one just like it at home but could not bring it due to Mike bringing too much crap!
- Tony Bryan and his 8" Meade SCT.
- Mike and his 18" Obsession #282 for visual observing, and 10" LX200GPS with piggyback Televue 85 for CCD imaging.
- Same as above except later in the week after it got cold!
- The irresistable siren song of astronomy vendors!
- Dave Kriege wants to know where Gregg, Mitch, Donna, and Bill are! We were asked this question several times while we were there.
- Mike Borman observing the Sun in white light and h-alpha with 10" LX200GPS and TV-85.
- Dining tent at the camp. Here could be seen the "Okie-Tex Wave" (lots of flies!)
- Scott at the roadside dinosaur bone dig site.
- Scott and Mike with Capulin Volcano in the background.
- Tony and Scott with Capulin Volcano in the background.
- Mike and Scott stand inside the Capulin Volcano crater. Did you here some rumbling?!
- Scott and Tony inside the Capulin Volcano crater.
- Mike hikes along the volcano's crater rim.
- Tony standing at the high point of the volcano's crater rim with the Sierra Grande shield volcano in the background (Olympus Mons Jr.!).
- Mike and Tony admire the view from over 8000 feet!
- Scott and Tony at the top of the Volcano.
- Scott: "Can you here me now?".
- Mike and Tony with the volcano's crater in the background.
- Mike and Scott admiring the handiwork of lightning on the bench at the highest point on the crater rim.
- Scott and Tony examine some volcanic rock.
- Dinosaur tracks from Scott and Tony's visit to Clayton, NM.
- Scott in search of petrified wood on a local ranch.
- The search is a success!
- Click here to go to Mike Borman's Astronomy & Rocketry Site for CCD images taken at Okie-Tex 2005.

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