Rob shots

Rob's orchard 5 - a few pears (left) but many apples (right), July 2011.
Rob's kayak 8 - the non-empty one, once again in President Harding Rapid, Grand Canyon, July 2011, taken by Delisa Eads-Wagner.
Rob's granddaughter 4 - first kayak lesson, Easter 2011, taken by Katrien.
Rob's orchard 4 - our remaining pear tree partially blossoming, April 2011.
Rob's kayak 7 - with Rietje, paddling four weeks along South-West Turkey, May 2010.
Rob's granddaughter 3 - on an Istanbul ferry, April 2010.
Rob's granddaughter 2 - at two months, February 2010, taken by Derya.
Rob's granddaughter 1 - at Christmas 2009, taken by Derya.
Rob's flute 3 - 209 Mile Canyon, Grand Canyon, September 2009, taken by Sue Fitzgerald.
Rob's kayak 6c - on a quiet stretch, Grand Canyon, September 2009, taken by Steve Brantley.
Rob's kayak 6b - in President Harding Rapid, Grand Canyon, September 2009, taken by Bob Drullinger.
Rob's kayak 6a - in Badger Creek Rapid, Grand Canyon, September 2009, taken by Rietje.
Rob's school 3 - USO School, Westerbork, July 2009, taken by Michiel Brentjens.
Rob's flute 2c - bowing out, Teatro Chico, Santa Cruz de La Palma, October 2008, taken by Bert Rensink.
Rob's flute 2b - as Une flûte invisible (Saint-Saëns), Teatro Chico, Santa Cruz de La Palma, October 2008, taken by Bert Rensink.
Rob's flute 2a - posted, Teatro Chico, Santa Cruz de La Palma, October 2008, taken by Bert Rensink.
Rob's band 2 - Nu Sus Dan So in rehearsal, Casino, Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma, October 2008, taken by Bert Rensink.
Rob's kayak 5 - near foggy Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Siberia, August 2008.
Rob's beard - as unusual phenomenon, Mongolia, July 2008, taken by Rietje.
Rob's kayak 4c - in Class IV Hermit Rapid, Grand Canyon, May 2007, taken by Rietje.
Rob's kayak 4b - in Class III Boucher Rapid, Grand Canyon, May 2007, taken by Michael Nelson.
Rob's kayak 4a - in Class II chute, Sûre, Luxemburg, April 2007, taken by Kees Grimm.
Rob's speech - at mandatory retirement, Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh, April 2007, taken by Radek Melich.
Rob's knife - on impact-molten glacier-polished breccia, Eye of Quebec, Canada, August 2006.
Rob's chair - on impact-molten glacier-polished breccia, Eye of Quebec, Canada, August 2006, taken by Rietje.
Rob's kayak 3 - with Rietje, Eye of Quebec, Canada, August 2006.
Rob's camp - in the Eye of Quebec, Canada, August 2006.
Rob's telescope - guess which, Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, July 2006, taken by Alfred de Wijn.
Rob's bike - guess which, Hoya Grande, La Palma, July 2005.
Rob's kayak 2b - as icebreaker, Ammassalik Fjord, Greenland, April 2005, taken by John van Giels.
Rob's kayak 2a - as icebreaker, Ammassalik Fjord, Greenland, April 2005, taken by Maatje Verbrugge.
Rob's way - as Einzelgänger, Tasilaq, Greenland, April 2005, taken by Maatje Verbrugge.
Rob's class - ESMN School, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, November 2004, taken by Jaroslav Ambróz.
Rob's school 2 - ESMN School, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, November 2004, taken by Jaroslav Ambróz.
Rob's orchestra 2 - Betuws Symfonie Orkest before performing, Duras, France, July 2004, taken by Hillie Smit.
Rob's pose 5 - as ladies' man, with Natasha Shchukina and Valya Kollyukh, Kiev, July 2004, taken by Roman Kostik.
Rob's pose 4 - as kayaker, with Rietje, River Sejm, June 2004, taken by Roman Kostik.
Rob's pose 3 - as canoeist, with Rietje, River Sieg, May 2004, taken by Martijn.
Rob's pose 2 - as astrophysicist, in the library of Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh, May 2004, taken by Katja Schade.
Rob's pose 1 - as astronomer, at the Merz telescope of Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh, May 2004, taken by Katja Schade.
Rob's bull's eye - the Manicouagan impact lake as enticing kayak target on the very far horizon, above Quebec, April 2004.
Rob's orchard 3 - our remaining pear trees in blossom, April 2004.
Rob's food 3 - cake celebrating 40 years at Utrecht University, February 2004, taken by Gemma Janssen.
Rob's genes 3 - 100% attentive, Boulaide, Luxemburg, January 1, 2004, taken by Martijn.
Rob's genes 2 - 50% assertive, Boulaide, Luxemburg, January 1, 2004, taken by Bart.
Rob's food 2 - family at lunch, Bachleiden, Luxemburg, December 31, 2003, taken by Bart.
Rob's white - White Sands, New Mexico, October 2003, taken by Han Uitenbroek.
Rob's food 1 - calliopes at dinner, Bozeman, Montana, July 2003.
Rob's orchard 2 - our neighbour's, ice-coated for blossom protection, April 2003.
Rob's orchard 1 - our own, seen from Lingezicht, one pear tree dying, April 2003.
Rob's computer 4 - multifunctional laptop, also for toasting, SIU office, May 2004, taken by Marc van der Sluys.
Rob's computer 3 - light laptop, learning Linux from Alfred de Wijn, Minnaert building, Utrecht, January 2003.
Rob's computer 2 - heavy Schlepptopf, 10th European Solar Physics Meeting, Prague, September 2002, taken by Michal Sobotka.
Rob's computer 1 - ancient desktop, SIU office, Utrecht, November 2002, taken by Sake Hogeveen.
Rob's mansion - Lingezicht on the first image from a new astronomer shooter, Deil, November 2002.
Rob's orchestra 1 - Betuws Symfonie Orkest before performing, Lauzerte, France, August 2002, taken by Hillie Smit.
Rob's coffee - Dwingeloo, April 2002, taken by Daniel Müller.
Rob's school 1 - ESMN-PLATON Spring School, Westerbork, April 2002.
Rob's brother - Kees & Rob as lookalikes, Avontuur 2, Waddenzee, September 2001, taken by Gemma Janssen.
Rob's mouth - illuminating exhaustive groundbased endeavor, Kariba, Zimbabwe, June 2001, taken by Gemma Janssen.
Rob's shadow - with solar crescents, Kagushi Dam, Zambia, June 21, 2001.
Rob's optics - second lens implant and new glasses, Lusaka, Zambia, June 2001, taken by Ineke Frederik.
Rob's feet - up in the air above Africa, June 2001, taken by Gemma Janssen.
Rob's canoe - on its 12th descent of the Semois, with Rietje, Belgium, April 2001, taken by Louis Strous.
Rob's wife - reading in the wilderness, White River, Utah, May 2000.
Rob's joy - rollercoasting the Green River in Split Mountain Canyon, Utah, May 2000, taken by Martijn.
Rob's hat - shadowed sharply with crescent decoration, Vajta, Hungary, August 11 1999.
Rob's break - with a view towards Akamas, Troödos Mountains, Cyprus, December 1998, taken by Martijn.
Rob's flag - hoisted at Lysmark, Östersjön, Swedish Baltic, June 1997.
Rob's fate - the Dutch Open Telescope being erected on La Palma, July 1996.
Rob's genes 1 - 50% asquirt in Le Rabioux, Durance, August 1995.
Rob's wife - non-shipshape before crossing from the Lofoten to the Vesterålen, July 1995.
Rob's wife - shipshape with the famous Trollfjord in the background, Lofoten, July 1995.
Rob's band 1 - Nu Sus Dan So ready for its 10th anniversary concert: Rob, Teuni Trouwborst, Corry Oomen, Ina Entrop, Lianne Lugtigheid, Arie Atema, Paul Smit, Marijke Rensink, Erichem, January 1995.
Rob's kayak 1 - on the way to distant Normandy beyond Mont St. Michel, with Martijn, Couesnon, December 1993, taken by Katrien.
Rob's teacher - colleague, and friend Kees Zwaan, Utrecht University portrait, summer 1993.
Rob's beaut - shining after the NSO directorship contest won by Jacques Beckers, Arizona, May 1993, taken by Rietje.
Rob's high - soaring with the NSO director, Arizona, May 1993, taken by John Leibacher.
Rob's institution - the Buijs Ballotbajes when astronomy still had most of the top floor, Utrecht, March 1993.
Rob's flute 1 - 1993 Utrecht University calendar, taken by Johan van der Linden.
Rob's rainbow - as Anton Pannekoek quote, drawn by Roeland van Oss, 1991.
Rob's toes - as published in Zenit, July 1992, page 284.  Which other astronomer has ever had his/her toes published full-color in an astronomy journal? Salina Cruz, Mexico, July 11, 1991.
Rob's colleagues - Max Kuperus, Hollis Johnson, Aert Schadee, Jan Kuijpers, Brian Murphy, Tony Hearn, Kees Zwaan, Hans Nieuwenhuijzen, Rob, Hans Heintze, with Marcel Minnaert supervising, student almanac photograph, spring 1991.
Rob's village - Deil from above, with Lingezicht at top center, summer 1989.
Rob's windmill - De Vlinder along the Linge 3 km downstream from Lingezicht, autumn 1986.
Rob's river - the Linge 2 km downstream from Lingezicht, Appeldijk, autumn 1986.
Rob's family - on a three-week Tara-Drina expedition, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia, summer 1986.
Rob's sun - as a most befitting aureole, Planetenpad Westerbork, spring 1976, taken by Jacques van Amerongen.
Rob's buddies - budding astronomers John Heise, Rob, Vincent Icke and Marijke Burger, 1968, taken by Hans Nieuwenhuijzen.
Rob's timing - guardedly changing aperture stops towards 2nd contact, Bagé, Brasil, November 12 1966, taken by Jo van den Broek.
Rob's instruction - in spectrogram inspection, Saronis, Greece, May 1966, taken by Tom de Groot.

Rob's first namesake - Rob Hammerschlag with his telescope, La Palma, November 1997.
Rob's second namesake - René G.M. Rutten, formerly next door at Utrecht and now next door on La Palma.  Please add my second initial (J.) when citing or acknowledging me! Portrait 1998 taken from the ING staff site.

Rob Rutten 2012-05-22