International airport, Dakar, Senegal.

View of the seashore from "Le Calao", our hotel in Dakar.

View of the seashore from the restaurant of our hotel in Dakar.

Moussa Thiam at his office in ASECNA Senegal headquarters.

Plant blooming at the ASECNA headquarters in Dakar.

An observer at the radiosonde station tries an old head assembly on a newer cylinder.

Chemicals used to generate hydrogen.

Radiosonde balloon has enough buoyancy to lift the weight from the ground.

Radiosonde launch at the airport in Dakar.

Native species.

Heliograph at the Dakar surface station.

The chief of met station (in front) describing routine activities to John Mejia (left), Mike Douglas and Javier Murillo (barely seen on the far right).

The chief of met station explains how surface data is archived.

From left to right, Javier Murillo, Jean Blaise Ngamini, another ASECNA member and the chief of station look as one observer (on the platform, not shown) gets ready for a pilot balloon launch.

One observer using a calculator to process pilot balloon data. Mike Douglas (left), Jean Blaise Ngamini (ASECNA, center) and the chief of station (lower left corner.)

Street scene.

View of the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Senegal.

Beach near the Marche (market) Artisanal on Pointe des Almadies, westernmost point of mainland Africa.

Another view of the beach at Pointe des Almadies.

Marine algae and sea urchins in tidepool.

Beautiful flowers of Dakar.

Aerial view of Dakar.

From left to right, Rosario and Mike Douglas, Javier Murillo, and John Mejia having lunch at "le bistro".