RZ – Karachi Astronomers Society Rutjaga October 9~10 at Hangol Balochistan

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We reached Zero point around 1730 hours. The straight RCD Highway goes to Quetta while the left turn is Coastal Highway towards Gwadar.

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Turning left towards Coastal Highway

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The Toll Plaza of Coastal Highway

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Travelling on Coastal Highway

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The amorous plains of Balochistan

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The sunset

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The rocks and mountains of Balochistan are adoring

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In post number 10 of this thread, @Cheers has mentioned quoting Mehdi Bhai that Chandragup is not the largest mud volcano. This is what both gentlemen were referring to:

(I requested my brother to refine the photos as they were not very clear. Thanks to him)

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The coming five photographs are also processed:

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We reached our destination around 1845 hours.
The first thing @Cheers did after reaching there was Aazaan-e-Maghrib.
اس ویرانے ٘میں زین بھائی کی دی گئی آذان نے مجھ جیسے کمزور مسلمان کی بھی بیٹری چارج کردی۔

Zain bhai announced three Aazaans during our stay there; Maghrib, Ishaa and Fajr. The namaz baajamaat with pitch-black darkness and no one else around was another experience.

The land was plain and soil was dried clay. Walking barefoot, sitting and laying on this land was another pleasant experience-- however it was not appreciated by colleagues due to insect hazards.

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At one instant during the trip, RZ was looking intently in one direction. Then he grabbed the wireless and echoed "Hostile activity". We were still heading for Hingol then, and I could not see any hostile activity around.

It was late after dark that we realized what the hostile activity possibly was - clouds!

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Here's a visual summary of the Rutjuga . . .<object width="480" height="385">

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. . . EXCEPT:

1. This video was made in the Southern hemisphere. Our Rutjuga was in the Northern hemisphere, so parts of the Milky Way that were visible and some of the constellations were different.
2. Our night was much cloudier!
3. You do not see any bonfire in the video.
4. Stephan Guisard, who shot this time-lapse video, was not with us at the Rutjuga.
5. Jupiter rises at the end of the clip. At the October Rutjuga, it had risen and sighted well before we had parked our rides.

Did you note the brightening at the end of the clip? That is real and not an artifact of the imaging process, and NOT DAYBREAK! Seeing it for the first time was the best part of the Rutjuga for me. More about this later.

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زین صاحب اور اور دیگر فلکیاتی ساتھیوں سے عاجزانہ گذارش ہے
کہ ترسا ترسا کر معلومات فراہم کرنے کی بجائے
جلد از جلد ہنگول میں جاگ کر گذاری گئی
اس رات کے دوران وقوع پذیر ہونے والے واقعات سے آگاہ کریں۔
عین نوازش ہوگی۔
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زین صاحب اور اور دیگر فلکیاتی ساتھیوں سے عاجزانہ گذارش ہے
کہ ترسا ترسا کر معلومات فراہم کرنے کی بجائے
جلد از جلد ہنگول میں جاگ کر گذاری گئی
اس رات کے دوران وقوع پذیر ہونے والے واقعات سے آگاہ کریں۔
عین نوازش ہوگی۔
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واہ شاہ جی واہ. خود نے تو صرف تصویریں چسپاں کرنے میں تین دن لگا دئے اور ہم پر تڑپانے اور ترسانے کا الزام