The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Ariane 5 Mission VA259 Launch
I watched the Ariane 5 VA259 launch from the IBIS viewing deck, which is 13km (8 miles) from the launch pad. There was also some tropical haze.
So photos were a stretch, even with my Sony 70-350mm zoom lens.
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| View past Space Museum to Pad. T-60min.
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| View to pad. Note outgassing.
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| The launch!
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| My launch badge
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| The IBIS launch viewing deck
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Kourou: Guiana Space Centre Tour
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| Avenue of Flags, at Space Museum
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| Ariane 5 Mockup
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| Graham + Ariane 5 Mockup
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| Musee de L'Espace
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| Alas, the Space Museum was closed for renovations.
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| Juiper Control Room
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| Jupiter Control Room
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| Assembly Building
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| (Another) Asembly Building
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| Rocket gantry
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| Launch Pad complex
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| View to Launch pad
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| (Anoth) Launch Complex
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Sloth in roadside tree
Much oohing and aahing from our tour bus!
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Îles du Salut
The former Îles du Salut Penal Colony was on three offshore islands, including the famous Devil's Island
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| Tropic Alizés catamaran
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| Distant view back to Kourou Space Center
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| Approaching Îles du Salut
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| Devil's Island, from catamaran
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| Devil's Island "Dreyfus Cabin" from catamaran
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| Ile Royale: Hospital ~1867
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| Prison Church
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| Church interior
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| Devil's Island, from Ile Royale
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| Devil's Island, from Ile Royale
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| Old Barracks, now a hotel
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| Disciplinary Quarter: Cells
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| Disciplinary Quarter: Cells
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| Disciplinary Quarter: Cells
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| Ile St Joseph: Main Prison
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Cayenne
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| Place du Coq. With WWI Memorial
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Felix Eboue Monument
A French colonial administrator, from French Guyana
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| Felix Eboue statue
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| Place Léopold-Héder, with former Prefecture
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| Fountain at Place Léopold-Héder
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| Caserne Loubere fort
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| Remains of Fort Cépérou
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| Remains of Fort Cépérou
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| Cayenne from Mount Cépérou
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| Hotel de Ville de Cayenne (Town Hall)
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| Les Palmistes Hotel
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| Trésor Nature Reserve
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Musée Local de Guyane
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| Many Butterflies ("Papillons")
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| Eyeful Butterflies, top & lower
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Two very large Spiders.
Note the Euro coin for scale.
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| Model of Cayenne in 1789
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| Painting of grand ceremony in 1902
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| 1950s painting by Francis LaGrance, an ex-convict
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| View from Devil's Island to Ile Royale
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| Prison Knife fight
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| Trubunal: "Sentence of Death"
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Saint Laurent du Maroni
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Camp du Transportation
The arrival point for the Penal System
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| Cell Block
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| Cell Block interior
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| Prisoner Statue
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| Prisoner Statue
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| Residence of the Sous-Prefet
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| Town Hall
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| Distinctly grim Palais de Justice
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Guadeloupe
Pointe-à-Pitre
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| Pointe-à-Pitre: Place de la Victoire
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| Pointe-à-Pitre: Felix Eboue (again)
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| Pointe-à-Pitre: Catholic Church
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| Le Memorial ACTe Museum "No Photos!"
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| Le Memorial ACTe Museum
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Fort Fleur d'Épée
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| Fort Fleur d'Épée
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| View from Fort Fleur d'Épée
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| Fort Fleur d'Épée
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| Graham at Fort Fleur d'Épée
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Fort l’Olive
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| Lighthouse at Fort l’Olive
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| Craggy coast at Fort l’Olive
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| Fort l’Olive
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| Fort l’Olive: Cannon
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Fort Delgres
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| Fort Delgres
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| Fort Delgres
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| Fort Delgres
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| Basse-Terre: Hotel de Ville
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Miami
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| Miami South Beach from the Marriott Stanton
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| Miami South Beach from the Marriott Stanton
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