Leonids 2002 by team Castillejar / Fuente Alamo

Gerard de Boer, Jos Nijland, Karin Nijland, Niek Nijland, Arnold Tukkers, Elise Tukkers, Brian Tukkers, Demi Tukkers, Wytze Slofstra, Rina Slofstra


Sterrenkids : sterrenkunde voor jong en oud! (in Dutch)

Meteorkids : de Leoniden komen eraan (in Dutch)

Meteorkids : waarneemresultaten van de expeditie naar Spanje en de Cosmos Sterrenwacht. (in Dutch)



An overview of the huge Vill@ of team Castillejar (photo by Daniel van Os)



An impression of the vill@ at Castillejar (photo by Gerard de Boer)



Three campers parked at the Castillejar site. Campers on this picture are from Wytze and Rina Slofstra, Hans Betlem and Pavel Spurny



This is the famous phonecall from Casper and Jacob where Jacob explains the weathersituation and the forecasts in Spain for the Leonids at 18/19 november (Photo by Arnold Tukkers)



The meeting with all observers at the vill@ of team Castillejar directly after Caspers photocall with Jacob. We discussed on our options but only one option was left: heading to the utmost south-eastern regions of the Iberian peninsula. (Photo by Arnold Tukkers)



Jos preparing pancakes for team Castillejar. (Photo by Arnold Tukkers)



Robert and Jos preparing the image intensified video systems



Testing GPS at the Castillejar site



Team Cosmos at Castillejar (Photo bt Arnold Tukkers)



Jos and Arnold taking a nap at Schiphol airport



Brian, Niek and Demi at Schiphol airport



A bright -2 Leonid photographed from the Fuente Alamo site by Gerard de Boer




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