Pictures from a brief trip to Kitts Peak National Observatory and Saguaro National Park East, near Tucson, AZ.
Many
of the Telescopes on top of 6850' Kitts Peak
Some
of the larger telescopes, including a 4M mirror telescope on the right
(the dome is 10 stories high)
The
McMath Solar telescope - it is built hundreds of feet inside the mountain,
and water cooled (rain collection resevoir in the forefront)
A
large ocotillo cactus with a teddy-bear cholla next to it
Prickly
Pear blooming
Pencil
Cholla
Pencil
Cholla blooming, next to prickly-pear
Close
up of a blooming pencil cholla - wind was blowing making the photo
blury
A
bright Palo Verde
A
classic Saguaro
An
overlook at Saguaro NP
A
Javelina crossing the road to eat some cacti
A
Javelina getting ready to eat a cactus, standing next to a barrel cactus
Mike
Late
evening view of the desert
