Monday, January 14, 2019

Jan 14 Kitt Peak National Observatory



We travelled to Tuscon and on to the Kitt Peak National Observatory. 



Not a very good picture, but lots of cotton grown around Tuscon

Bales of cotton in the field waiting to be picked up


This is an interesting place to visit as they have numerous telescopes to study the sun and the stars. The largest being 41/2 feet in diameter. Unfortunately the tours were closed due to the gov't shut
down. 
To complicated to describe but visit the link below and get all of the details

The climb is 4000 feet over 10 miles as you circle around the mountain to get to the top. The top is at 7600 feet





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