by Rod Pommier
Camera: Canon 20D, unmodified. Exposure: 1/4 second (f/5.6) at ISO 800. Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA.
It is fun to decorate my observatory dome for different holidays. For Halloween, I make it up to look like an enormous Jack-O-lantern. After putting the eyes, nose and smile on the side of the dome, I softly illuminated the dome with orange lights. It looks like the Great Pumpkin rising out of the pumpkin patch behind the fence. It certainly attracts more Trick-Or-Treaters on Halloween than ever before!