Microsymposium
Monday 27th October - Microsymposium day 1
| At 09:00 on Monday morning, Augustine in front of the Hotel Sputnik leading a group of Microsymposium attendees across the icy pavement in the direction of the Vernadsky Institute. |
| Stephanie, Roland and I stop for a photograph on the road to the Institute. |
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| After a day of presentations, followed by the traditional American Buffet provided by the Brown Univerity contingent and the slide show, some of us (including the attendees from Finland, Greg, Stephanie, Roland and Augustine retired to the Cafe/Resturant on the Ground floor of the Sputnik. |
| I think Stephanie was just saying that she was relieved that she could not be seen very well in the previous shot.. |
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| Looking from the other end of the table. |
| I think Greg took this one. |
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| and another more atmospheric shot without flash. |
Tuesday 28th October - Microsymposium day 2
| At 15:11 on Tuesday, Greg helping to chair the afternoon talks after his presentation on the ESA SMART-1 mission. |
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| Just before the end of the meeting, at 17:46, Lena giving her poster presentation on global mapping of ridge belt patterns on Venus. |
| Some of us then gathered in the Foyer of the institute, prior to travelling to the homes of our Russian hosts who had invited us to dinner. Greg's wife Olya (second from the left) had joined us at this stage. |
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| Augustine took this one so that I could get into the picture. |
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My hosts were Sasha Basilevsky and his wife Larisa.
From left to right, Roland, Nina (Larisa's friend), Sasha, Larisa and Stephanie. |
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| And a view looking in the other direction. |
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