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Description of Pictures: The little string and ball were illustrating the progress of Apollo 11 which had happened 40 years ago.
The interview was done by local channel 35 with the director (?) of the observatory. I was also interviewed for the piece.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GRIFO_090718_0041.JPG: 1931 - 1955 Key scenes from the classic motion picture "Rebel Without a Cause" were filmed at Griffith Observatory in spring 1955. Although many movies have been filmed at Griffith Observatory, "Rebel Without a Cause" was the first to portrait the observatory as what it is and to contribute positively to the observatory's international reputation. This monument acknowledges Griffith Observatory's long and continuous involvement with Hollywood film production by remembering the young star of that motion picture. James Dean
2. GRIFO_090718_0051.JPG: It's an interesting sculpture. You can actually poke your fingers in his eyes. I'm curious how much trash has been stuck in there.
3. GRIFO_090718_0059.JPG: 1931 James Dean 1955 This is not a monument to a rebel. Those were only roles he played. James Dean was an American original who on a basis of high school honors and in a period of five years time rose to the very pinnacle of the theatrical profession and through the magic of motion pictures lives on in legend. Presented in 1988 by the artist Kenneth Kendall who sculpted it in 1955-1956 at the request of James Dean and dedicates it to his memory. It ended with his body changed to light A star that burns forever in that sky. "The Flight of Quetzalcoatl" -- Aztec Poem
4. GRIFO_090718_0101.JPG: Note the Hollywood sign in the reflection
5. GRIFO_090718_0192.JPG: Griffith J. Griffith donor of Griffith Park the Greek Theatre and the Greek Observatory
6. GRIFO_090718_0199.JPG: City ordnance accepting Griffith park
7. GRIFO_090718_0242.JPG: Tesla Coil Tesla coils convert low-voltage alternating current electricity to very high voltage and increase the frequency. Their main aim was to transmit electricity through the air. This turned out to be impractical. Today they are popular because of the large arcing sparks that leap out when they are in operation. Tesla coils are part of a great dream to provide electricity without using wired. Electricity became widely available around 1900, when the first networks began to send power to homes and businesses over transmission lines. They were expensive to build, and so Tesla and others worked on wireless electrical networks. The technology was difficult to implement, and it never got out of the laboratory. Tesla's Legacy: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) invested the Tesla coil. He conducted many experiments in his lab on the generation and distribution of alternating current electricity. The Westinghouse company used Tesla's designs for generators and distribution systems to build a power station at Niagara Falls. The power grid that we use to bring electricity to our homes is based on Tesla's work. Tesla coils have a long and colorful history in science and technology sideshows. Before the Griffith Observatory Tesla coil went on display in 1937, it belonged to Dr. Frederick Finch Strong. He was a physician and instructor at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Dr. Strong used electricity in the healing process and relied heavily on Tesla coils as part of his work. Eventually, he donated the major components of this instrument to the City of Los Angeles.
8. GRIFO_090718_0293.JPG: Note the "Hollywood" sign in the hills
9. GRIFO_090718_0408.JPG: This dome contains the triple beam coelostat which reflects sunlight to the solar telescopes
10. GRIFO_090718_0563.JPG: The dome's rotating
11. GRIFO_090718_0568.JPG: Model of the Apollo 11 craft going between the building and the statue
12. GRIFO_090718_0606.JPG: This guy was doing a talk in honor of the Apollo 11 flight
13. GRIFO_090718_0649.JPG: The worker is moving the Apollo 11 craft closer to the moon model (right by him).
14. GRIFO_090718_0666.JPG: The interviewer was talking to the head of the observatory
15. GRIFO_090718_0837.JPG: Los Angeles from the Griffith Observatory
16. GRIFO_090718_0858.JPG: When Meteorites Attack! In 1954, a fragment of an asteroid crashed through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. It bounced off the floor and hit Ann Hodges while she was napping on her couch. She was the first person documented to have been struck by a meteorite. Mrs. Hodges sold autographed pictures of herself holding the meteorite under the damaged ceiling. The rock is now on display in the University of Alabama's Natural History Museum.
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Wikipedia Description: Griffith Observatory
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Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction that features an extensive array of space- and science-related displays.

History:

The land on which the observatory stands was donated to the City of Los Angeles by Col. Griffith J. Griffith in 1896. In his will, Griffith donated funds to build an observatory, exhibit hall, and planetarium on the donated land. Construction began on June 20, 1933 using a design developed by architect John C. Austin based on preliminary sketches by Russell W. Porter. The observatory and accompanying exhibits were opened to the public on May 14, 1935. In its first five days of operation the observatory logged more than 13,000 visitors. Dinsmore Alter was the museum's director during its first years. Today, Dr. Ed Krupp is the Director of the Observatory.

Exhibits:

The first exhibit visitors encountered in 1935 was the Foucault pendulum, which was designed to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. The exhibits also included a twelve-inch (305 mm) Zeiss telescope, a solar telescope, and a thirty-eight foot relief model of the moon's north polar region.
The Griffith Observatory after renovations, June 2007.

Col. Griffith requested that the observatory include a display on evolution which was accomplished with the Cosmochron exhibit which included a narration from Caltech Professor Chester Stock and an accompanying slide show. The evolution exhibit existed from 1937 to the mid 1960s.

Also included in the original design was a planetarium. The first shows covered topics including the Moon, worlds of the solar system, and eclipses.

During World War II the ...More...
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2009 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs. I've also got a Nikon D90 and a newer Fuji -- the S200EHX -- both of which are nice but I still prefer the flexibility of the Fuji. Trips this year: Niagara Falls, NY, New York City, Civil War Trust conferences in Gettysburg, PA and Springfield, IL, and my 4th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles, Yosemite, Death Valley, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, etc). Ego strokes: I had a picture of a Lincoln-Obama cupcake sculpture published in Civil War Times and WUSA-9, the local CBS affiliate, ran a quick piece on me. A picture that I took at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium appeared in the National Archives' "Prologue" magazine. I became a volunteer with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Number of photos taken this year: 417,000.
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