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17-08-2018
A Dutch Summer
| Submitter: | ASTRON/JIVE Summer Students 2018 |
| Description: | As our summer in Dwingeloo comes to an end, we'd like to thank everybody at ASTRON and JIVE for making our stay so memorable. A special thanks goes to our supervisors - Cees Bassa, Ross Burns, Richard Fallows, Katharina Immer, Yogesh Maan, Zsolt Paragi, Tim Shimwell and Pietro Zucca - and everybody else who has helped us along the way. Your encouragement and support have been invaluable. We'd also like to mention Gemma Janssen and Golam Shaifullah, among many others, for making our summer so much fun! The collage above shows just some of the many things we have been up to. Starting from top left and moving across... - We visited the ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre for a tour and a selection of interesting lectures. The capsule we are stood with has been in orbit around the Earth! - The Oogstdag is a traditional farming festival held in Lhee and, as we quickly found out, there is lots of tasty food. - We 'walked' to an island through mud at low tide. Needless to say, our shoes will never look the same again. - Some of us visited Cologne, Germany for a weekend. We climbed to the top of the cathedral in the background and the view was incredible! - We experienced an unconventional Dutch summer of continuous sunshine, so we were lucky enough to see many beautiful sunsets across Dwingelderveld National Park. - A boat trip around Giethoorn in "the world's slowest boat" (Pietro Zucca, 2018). - ASTRON students sat on the base of the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope. - The many clear nights during our stay made for some excellent stargazing. Mars is above the two silhouettes. - We were taken to explore the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and LOFAR Superterp. - Cycled to the Hunebedden near Havelte; despite the fact this looks like a child's playground, it is a Neolithic burial chamber! - Some of us visited Brussels, Belgium for a weekend, enjoying foreign delicacies known as 'fries' and 'waffles'. - We placed our flags on the summer student world map. Dank u wel en tot ziens! Amy, Iuliana, David, Anshu, Daysi and Alexander |
| Copyright: | Cees Bassa, Joe Callingham, Gemma Janssen, David McKenna, Golam Shaifullah, Amy Tuson & Pietro Zucca |
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