Houses near the airport in Conakry. The runway can be seen in distance.

View of the surface station. Note how far it is from the met office (at the airport terminal, in the background.)

Observers training at the airport in Conakry.

Radiosonde station in Conakry. The building was empty except for the small office upstairs where the Vaisala system is kept.

A rainy afternoon on the roof of the radiosonde station.

Setting up the tripod on the roof of the radiosonde station.

Setting up our Watts theodolite on tripod locally built.

Javier Murillo (right) and observer setting up the theodolite.

Solar halo over the radiosonde station in Conakry.

View of the radiosonde balloon shelter.

In the balloon inflation shelter, getting ready to prepare gas. The person on the far right is Mr. Momo Camara.

Mixing chemicals in a bucket prior to pouring them into the cylinder.

Pouring chemicals then water into the cylinder.

Filling the meshed tube with metal chips prior to inserting it into the GIP-3 cylinder. The tube is attached to the head by a metal chain.

Jose Galvez oversees the inflation of a 30 gram balloon.

Vaisala Digicora system at the radiosonde station in Conakry.

Maneuvering to get the radiosonde and balloon out of the shelter.

Mr. Boubacar Diallo from the Guinean meteorological service, posing next to the electrolytic generator. The generator was not working.

Street scene near the airport in Conakry.

Mosque.

Street scene not far from our hotel in Conakry.