A GARDENER TAKES A LUNCH BREAK IN THE SHADE OF THE STAR CHART MONOLITHS AT BENOKI DAM

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !

Crashed out for an hour with cigarette and book in hands, this member of the BENOKI DAM landscape and gardening crew is using this monolithic Star Charts as a giant sun shade during his noon-time lunch break.

That's right. He's using a Star Chart to protect himself from... a Star.

Others of the crew are either sitting in their cars, or in the shade of some trees farther down below.

Although the Sun was intense, and the scene here quite contrasty when I drove in, the Sun chose to hide behind a bank of clouds when I pulled out my camera.

At the time this observatory was built, the BENOKI DAM area was considered one of the darkest night-time spots on Okinawa.

The star charts cover all possible views of the heavens, and are meant to be referenced with your own flashlight during a night of stargazing.

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Taken on: October 27, 2014

Tags:

Astronomical Observatory

Astronomy

Star Charts

Benoki Dam

Kunigami Township

Kunigami District

Northern Okinawa

West Coast Okinawa

5 km off Highway 58

Okinawa

Japan « less

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