Visiting an Observatory
| A Trip to the Observatory on La Palma |
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La Palma is one of the Canary Islands |
| Flying out to La
Palma Image courtesy of the Boeing Corporation |
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The Airport on La Palma |
| Driving up the mountain |  |
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Up through the forest |
| Into the fog |  |
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Out above the clouds |
| Getting too high for trees to grow |  |
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First sight of some telescopes! |
 At the top of the mountain |
| A closer look at a telescope - the William Hershel Telescope |  |
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The telescope itself. Can you find the man in the picture? |
| In the Control Room.
A lot of computers are needed. |
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The astronomers sleep here during the day. |
| Waiting for sunset Image courtesy of Regina Aznar of Armagh Observatory |
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 Time to observe! |
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