The Inter-Observatory Olympics are held yearly between the three observatories in Chile: AURA (Tololo, Gemini, & SOAR), ESO, and Las Campanas. Besides basketball, there are other exciting games like dominos and chess! Of course, since the Olympics are played in Chile, the soccer games are the most serious of all the events. The losing teams are covered in female polar bear phermones and sent to the Chilean territory in Antarctica.

TAKIN' IT TO THE HOLE, BABY! SCHOOLIN' DEM CHUMPS, OLD SCHOOL STYLE! (Actually, I got called for carrying the ball...oh well.)

TIME OUT! It was so hard to hear each other on the court due to the screaming throngs of people in the stands...JUST LOOK AT ALL OF 'EM!

Team AURA (a.k.a. Team Adidas) after victory in round one of the tournament.

Team AURA and Team ESO together for a little photo-op.

Another shot of Team AURA. Hey look! There's a spectator! Oh, wait....that's just someone's bag.