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The namesake of the 200" Hale telescope is immortalized in sculpture - IMG 8801
The Gorn arrives at Palomar Mountain Observatory in San Diego County - IMG 8803
One last look at the dome before departing - IMG 8802
On the way to the 200" Hale Telescope - IMG 8810
A better photo than I was able to take of what the Hale telescope looks like - IMG 7662
The Percival Lowell Memorial Monument. There is an identical one in Japan in Anamizu Town, Fugeshi-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture - I hope to get a photo with the matching sign the next time I go to Japan! - IMG 7663
The Clark Tower, home to the 24" Clark Refracting Telescope - a key tool used to study Mars and the Moon for the Apollo program. - IMG 7664
This is the mausoleum where astronomer Percival Lowell is laid to rest. It sits on the Mars Hill site of the Lowell Observatory. - IMG 7674
This is the 13" Pluto Discovery Telescope which Clyde Tombaugh used to discover the then planet Pluto. - IMG 7682
The Pluto Dome where the telescope used to discover Pluto is located at the Lowell Observatory - IMG 7688
Welcome to the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ - IMG 7660
Authentic Meteorite fragment that landed at the famous Meteor Crater which is only 45 miles from the Lowell Observatory in Northern Arizona - IMG 7683
The Gorn with a model of the New Horizons spacecraft (not to scale!)