Brazil Workshop day 2: Howk, Botanical, Planetarium!
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011posted by: krueff
Prof Chris Howk giving his invited talk at PUC-Rio this morning on “Light Elements and the Chemical Evolution of Gas is the Universe”!
At lunch we went to visit the Botanical Gardens in the middle of Rio, which was phenomenal!
Tonight we ended the Workshop at the Planetarium at PUC-Rio, were we attended the “History of Astronomy in Brazil” lecture, which was a great experience and full of incredibly neat info about Brazil… the most memorable of which was learning that the Brazilian flag has specific constellations based on a specific day when Brazil was founded and that astronomy has played a major role in the life of Brazil as a country:
Tomorrow (Wed) we go hiking with all the astronomers in the Tijuca Rain Forest… we’re hiking to the top of a huge plateau rock and then having a picnic 
Lots of great pictures to come, but for now, the Wifi in the hostel will not let me manage all the awesome images I want to upload! Stay Tuned!
