And bicycle chain. The Clark Telescope was constructed by a couple bicycle repair guys. Their motto was "we'll fix anything." Lowell took them up on it.

The guy that discovered Pluto had to look at thousands of comparison photos that looked like this, trying to find the teeny dot that moved against the background stars. I wonder if it made him blind, or insane?

Lowell had 6 glass plates of Mars observations annotated and turned into this 6-sided floor lamp. Our guide let me and another photographer into a locked room off the Library to take this quick photograph.

You have to walk past a scale model of the solar system called "Pluto Walk" to get here.

See the photo notes for feature names and locations.

Taken through 24" Clark Telescope at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona.

the "PL" in Pluto stands for Percival Lowell

Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff, Arizona.

This is our guide who shared her wealth of knowledge of everything about the Lowell Observatory. The chair on the small platform above her head is where astronomers sit when making some of their observations. Ford truck tires are used to allow the dome to rotate smoothly.

City of Flagstaff, photographed at night from the top of Mars Hill, Lowell Observatory.

www.lowell.edu

The gift shop.

I adore this chandelier / lamp thing. Nerdy, yet tasteful. Want!

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{ercival Lowell's grave.

lowell.edu/ These pics were taken with my Galaxy s7 and edited in Lightroom.

Mars Hill and Lowell Observatory

Flagstaff, Arizona

12 October 2012

One of the buildings on the Lowell Observatory Campus.

Galaxies.

Lowell Observatory Campus

Our #LEAFometer report for the week with a little help from our instagram friends. Top Row, left: @paulfolkphoto mid: @flaginstalife right: @lowellobservatory. Middle Row, left: @justintylercapp mid: @visitflagstaff right: @fearlessmist1. Bottom Row: left: @arizonahighways mid: @paulfolkphoto right: @mattmcfly42 #instacollage

Lowell body is interned a short distance from his 24-inch telescope.

If you love science and the stars, you need to visit this place.

I managed to not squeal like a little girl. Barely.

Pluto was discovered using this telescope, i.e. the astrograph within this protective dome building.

Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff, Arizona.

At 34, I looked through a proper telescope for the first time and saw Saturn and its rings.

Mike Frankel, John Rogers, Tom Williams | 2013

Check out the ceiling light!

Absolutely incredible.

Jason was our Lowell Observatory "educator." He got to talking techy telescope stuff with Gary and kept losing track of time. Really nice guy.

L to R: Dr Beaky, Ashley Ray, Amanda Tougas, Nick Wilsey, Bandon Decker

The history of the Canals on Mars.

Mars Hill and Lowell Observatory

Flagstaff, Arizona

12 November 2012

We got to take a look at the moon through this, the famous Clark Telescope!

Steele Center at Lowell Observatory