Scopin' Out the Solar Flares
June 7th 2010 We have lived in Tucson for 3 years now and though Jeff has been to Kitt Peak with an astronomy class, we had yet to go there together. So, we decided to go. Kitt Peak National Observatory is a short jaunt east of Tucson, on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Depending on the time of day, we can actually see the observatory from our neighborhood; a tiny white dot beaming on the top of the mountains off
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