Sunday. Climbing cliffs and discovering Pluto – part 2

Let’s climb Mars Hill and discover Pluto! Okay, so Clyde Tombaugh beat me to that on both accounts and, while I can’t tell you the exact date he first ascended Mars Hill to join the staff at Lowell Observatory, I …

Sunday. Climbing cliffs and discovering Pluto – part 1

Even before the day of my arrival in Tucson, new information and events began to conspire to provoke changes in the various daily itineraries I’d been planning (though not rigidly or meticulously) since early February. But change and flexibility are …

Gettin’ my kicks – part 4

Wrapping up my time at Meteor Crater and the rest of the day. Here are some other facts about Meteor Crater that I found quite interesting (including some photos) and that I hope you will, too. The crater has a …