SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIP: Griffith observatory

If I were to pick a romantic make out place in the City of Angels, It’d be at the Griffith observatory. The Greater Los Angeles area is full of romantic and beautiful places; this beach or that beach, but no where as magical as the Griffith Observatory during sunset. To an astronomer, the Griffith observatory is built to look into space. To a normal citizen, it is built to experience a magical view.


No this is not Goku from Dragon Ball Z ready to shot energy blasts. This is me holding my fireball, otherwise known as the Sun.


Situated on top of Mount Hollywood, it over looks entire LA. The drive up to the mountain was an experience all by itself.


My panoramic shot of the Griffith observatory. Many popular movies and TV shows were shot here: The Terminator, The Hangover, Star Trek, etc.

In the middle of the lawn leading to the entrance, stands the Astronomers Monument. This pointy thing is surrounded by stone carvings of famous Astrophysicists such as Newton, Kepler etc. See, my time spent in my university astronomy class was not a complete waste.






To the west of the lawn I could clearly see the Hollywood sign. It appeared to be so close I could almost grab it. If you ever go there please don’t jump over the railing and try to grab it. You’ll fall to a horrible death off the cliff. Unless you have travel insurance...


To the east is Griffith park. Panoramic shot courtesy of Deby’s camera.

Inside the observatory it’s typical geeky astronomy stuff, but one thing that was in particular noticeable is this pendulum. What is this for? Instead of me remembering the explanation, I took a picture.






With my X-ray camera and flying high above the observatory, here is a cutaway view of the observatory. Then I lost that picture so I replaced it with a normal shot of a cutaway model.


Here is another one of my panoramic creation. Looking south on top of the observatory. Hello Los Angeles!


My postcard shot of Los Angeles. Why pay 50 cents for a postcard if you can take a shot for free?


Just when we concluded the tour inside, I took this shot, when the sun was setting on Griffith.


Good night LA, good night Griffith.

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