| The Griffith Observatory and Planetarium has
instructed and entertained millions of visitors since its opening in 1935.
The center dome in the photograph above contains the planetarium, the dome on
the left houses a 12 inch refracting telescope, and the dome on the right has a
heliostat/spectrometer which projects the sun's image and spectrum for public
viewing. The observatory is currently (May, 2002) undergoing extensive
renovation, and will not open again until 2005. I was there on the last
weekend in April when the grounds were still open, although the building itself
was already closed. However, the grounds, too, will close at the beginning
of Summer 2002, so what you see here are some of the last views available to the
public before the area becomes completely off limits for three years.
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