| The Griffith Observatory Griffith Observatory is a very popular attraction in Los Angles not only for it's telescopes and museum but for its awesome views of the Los Angles area. The observatory is closing to the public in January of 2002. It will re-open in May of 2005 after major renovations. For more information click HERE. |
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| I toured here on a fairly smoggy day but much of LA was visible. Distant objects are hard to see in my wide angle shot. (right) |
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| The statue in the mall area honors 6 astronomers including Hipparchus, Kepler, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Herschel. |
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| I had just came from the open house tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and to my surprise this little craft was on loan from JPL and hanging near a model of the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a model of the Pluto Express spacecraft and has not been launched. Although funding was cut for this year, NASA continues to study proposals to send a probe to the only planet in our solar system that has not been explored. For more information and what you can do to save Pluto Express: Go Here |
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| Hung on the wall behind Pluto Express is a model of Explorer 1, the United States first Earth orbiting satellite. (right) |