Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff AZ
The bottom of the 24-inch Clark Telescope--the one in which Percival Lowell made observations of Mars. | |
The upper section of the Clark Telescope. | |
The Clark Telescope dome. | |
| A 42-inch telescope on display. | |
A 500 lb meteorite found in Diablo Canyon. | |
Percival Lowell's mausoleum. | |
| The mausoleum is not far from the Clark dome. | |
The particulars of Lowell's life. | |
The front of the mausoleum. | |
Lowell's writings on the left side of the mausoleum. | |
Lowell's writings on the right side of the mausoleum. | |
A working dome telescope at the observatory. | |
A wood-cut of Percival Lowell pointing the way to the Pluto Walk. | |
The Pluto Walk--showing the relative distances of the planets of the solar system if they were miniaturized and laid out along this sidewalk. | |
The dome where Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet (sub-planet?) Pluto in 1930. | |
Another view of the Pluto dome. | |
The entrance to the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill. | |
The Lowell Observatory has been around for a long tme. | |
Attempts have been made to decorate two water tanks that are seen along the Pluto Walk. | |
The other decorated water tank | |
The old water tank--located near the McAllister Dome and Telescope. | |
The Lowell Sundial--given to him on his 50th birthday in 1905 by the observatory employees; the gnomon points directly to the North Star at night. | |
The view of Flagstaff as seen from Mars Hill. | |
The path to the John Vickers McAllister Public Observatory. | |
The McAllister Dome. | |