Subject: [Tweeters] mixed feelings re new telescope site
Date: Apr 6 06:13:16 2008
From: Richard Carlson - rccarl at pacbell.net


The Chickadees are doing fine, as are the rest of the
birds on Mt. Graham.

So what exactly is wrong with building the greatest
telescope on the planet to maybe unravel a few
mysteries of the universe??

RCC



--- vogelfreund at comcast.net wrote:

> April 5, 2008
>
> I just saw clip on tv news about the new giant
> telescope on Mt. Graham in SE Arizona. That was an
> ideal camping and birding retreat for me when I was
> stationed at Ft. Huachuca, just to get away from
> people up on the cool peak at 10,500 feet above sea
> level (although I didn't get there very often). Now
> I see it's been turned into a global hotspot for
> astronomers and probably public amusement. It is the
> southern most point in Arizona, for example, where
> Mountain Chickadees are normally found. Just across
> the gap to the south, where the Interstate Highway
> runs, the Mexican Chickadee takes over
> (Chiricahuas).
>
> It reminds me of when I was 15 years old and moved
> down to Florida from Wisconsin. Just when I
> discovered the existence of a wild unspoiled Florida
> beach known as Cape Canaveral State Park, the
> federal government confiscated the area to build the
> (now Kennedy) Space Center, etc. Oh well...
>
> Phil Hotlen
> Bellingham, WA
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