Winter Retreat in the Aures Mountains

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[画像:Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara]	The December Winter Retreat in the Aures Mountain range Training in Astrophotography and Telescope Handling	Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara

18-20 Dec - 2015
El-Kantara & Rhoufi: W. of Batna & Biskra

The Golden Shot at Rhoufi by Mohamed Aissa Moussa The starry night and the overarching Milky Way above the Rhoufi canyon

Pedagogical sessions

[画像:Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara CRAAG Faycal Demri]
A session with Faycal Demri from the CRAAG on the use of telescopes.

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
The Rhoufi canyon with its troglodytic dwellings on the flanks of the mountain.

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria El Kantara
At El-Kantara down the Oued. It is considered to be the door of the Sahara.

Ghoufi Biskra Sirius Algeria Sidi Okba
Involving the local inhabitants to the observing sessions

The starry sky above the Rhoufi canyon from the Hotel (Picture Aziza).

At the Dechra el-Hamra next to the El-Kantara Canyon

At Sidi-Okba City
named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there along with many Sahaba

At the Rhoufi terraces in the Batna Wilaya

Kheiro photographing the group

Crossing the Oued (Anti gravity shoes?) ...

At the bottom of the Rhoufi canyon

At the Kherrata Canyon, above the old Roman bridge

The astronomical camp at Kherrata with a nice starry sky
(Picture Aziza)

A collective picture of the group.

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