Telescope with Lightning
Explanation:
Telescopes
are not very useful during
lightning storms.
Nevertheless, with
lightning illuminating a dark landscape,
the picturesque dome of the famous
Kitt Peak
2.1-meter Telescope makes for a dramatic photograph.
A passing car created the red and
yellow streaks visible in the foreground.
The
2.1-meter Telescope has participated
in many important astronomical discoveries including the discovery of the
Lyman-alpha forest, the
first gravitational lens, and the first
pulsating white dwarf.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
