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Lowell's Scope

This intricate wooden dome at Lowell Observatory outside Flagstaff, Arizona is home to the Clarke 24" Refractor telescope used by Percival Lowell in his studies of Mars between 1893 and 1908. It was here that he made his controversial drawings of "canals" on the red planet.

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Uploaded on April 29, 2025
Taken on April 28, 2025