Chapter 1161 Griffith Observatory!

It's still early!

As a guide, Sima Hong has long been prepared.

In the car, in the WeChat group of his mobile phone, he sent a voice message: "Zhao Dong, we still have time, or go to the Griffith Observatory!"

"You are the guide, you have the final say!" Zhao Feng replied directly.

Sima Hong replied: "No problem!"

Griffith Observatory, as a rich man who yearns for the sea of ​​stars, Zhao Feng has also heard of it!

This observatory is a very famous observatory in the astronomical field. It is located on a hill northwest of the center of Los Angeles, United States, and is far away from Hollywoodhills.

This location happens to be northeast of the Santa Monica Mountains, so it's not too far away!

It is one of the world's most famous observatories and is open to the public free of charge, including various exhibition rooms and a movie screening room. But the largest celestial performance venues are charged, with 8-10 performances per day.

This is not an unacceptable thing, after all, it is more humane to open it for free, and normal maintenance also requires some costs!

Everyone quickly arrived near this observatory by car!

After finding a place to park the car!

The group got out of the car and looked in the direction Sima Hong pointed!

I saw on the ground in the distance, a very holy looking building sitting on the ground.

The architecture is vaguely Roman?

Sima Hong looked at everyone and said with a smile, "I'll give you an introduction next!"

So everyone walked while listening to Sima Hong's explanation!

This observatory is an observatory with a history of nearly a hundred years.

Its origin is also very meaningful!

As early as 1882, Welsh immigrant and estate baron Griffith acquired the remaining part of the land granted by Spain, the rancholosfelis (named after its previous owner, not today's Felice).

In 1896, Baron Griffith in turn donated 3,015 hectares to Los Angeles to build a large park for the public. This is the urban wildlife park we all know today - Griffith Park.

Griffith Park was inspired by a visitor who visited the new observatory on Mount Wilson (mt.wilson) in 1904 and decided to donate an additional $100,000 to the city in Hollywood at Griffith Park Mount (mt.hollywood) to build an observatory. The observatory will be owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles, and will be used to enlighten and educate the public.

Sadly, the patron of the building died 16 years before the building was completed. But eventually, the observatory that bears its name opened to the public in May 1935. The Griffith Observatory was able to do it with high-quality materials and an abundance of artwork, all thanks to low prices during the recession and the help of a federal public projects program.

The latter Zhao Feng is not very interested!

After Sima Hong gave a brief introduction, Zhao Feng didn't seem to care much, so he didn't say much!

In fact, Zhao Feng also thinks that the person who can donate 100,000 US dollars to build this observatory and open it to the public is indeed worthy of admiration!

The top of the observatory in front of you is a large dome. This part looks very similar to many observatories!

Zhao Feng glanced at it and followed Sima Hong into the observatory!

There are several exhibition halls inside the observatory, displaying different contents!

The exhibition hall visited by everyone displayed relatively basic astronomical knowledge. The demonstration showed astronomical geography, from the geocentric to the heliocentric theory, and described the evolution of celestial bodies in great detail. But the most interesting part is the back part. This party is said to use photoelectric three-dimensional technology, which makes the audience feel floating in the sky, a bit like watching the California scenery in a flying chair at Disneyland.

Everyone simply felt it,

Then after taking pictures, we came to the next exhibition hall!

In this exhibition hall, there are models of the eight planets and models of the relative motions of the sun, the earth, and the moon. The 1:1 scale full-body bronze statue of Einstein in the lower gallery became an icon for teenagers, who took turns taking pictures with him.

There are scales on the ground that correspond to the weight of people on the planet. For example, our weight on the moon is only 1/6 of the weight on the earth, which is very interesting. A 23-minute documentary film about the observatory is shown in the cinema hall.

Zhao Feng and his party didn't watch the entire movie, but Valentin, a young boy, seemed to be a little interested in this movie!

He seems to like astronomy very much, and Angelina is always smiling and seems very happy!

After visiting several exhibition halls, everyone can finally experience the telescope in the observatory!

There are four stationary telescopes throughout the Griffith Observatory.

Through the Zeiss telescope with a 12-inch mirror, a unique view of the night sky can be seen.

Of course, you can also choose to climb to the east dome to get a closer view of the moon or the planets in the night sky.

Alternatively, the images can be viewed through a telescope installed in an exhibit in the halloftheeye.

After these people experience it one by one!

Interested in several other telescopes one after another!

Of the few remaining telescopes, three solar telescopes were installed in the western rotunda. One is used to observe the sun; another is used to observe the sky through an h-alpha (alpha) filter (Solar Monochromatic Observatory); and the third shows the solar spectrum.

How does it feel to look at the sun through a telescope?

Zhao Feng finally felt it today!

Usually Zhao Feng feels that looking at the sun with his eyes, the sun is very dazzling. After a few seconds, his eyes start to cry frantically, completely out of control!

And now with this telescope it's different!

In the telescope, the image of the sun appears closer and clearer!

And the dazzling light of the sun seems to disappear!

For a time, Zhao Feng felt that the sun seemed to be closer to the sun than when he saw it with the naked eye! In the vagueness, Zhao Feng really wanted to feel the heat from the burning of the sun!

So, Zhao Feng hurriedly moved away from this position!

As soon as Zhao Feng stepped aside, Ye Xiner leaned over!

After everyone has experienced it!

It's about five o'clock in the afternoon!

At this time, it's not too late, and Zhao Feng specifically asked Sima Hong!

And Sima Hong also recommended a very special shop!

That is thebazaar restaurant!

This restaurant is the top restaurant in the famous molecular cuisine category in Los Angeles. If Zhao Feng wants to try it, this restaurant must not be missed!

With a choice, Zhao Feng made a reservation for this restaurant directly with his mobile phone, and reported his Centurion Black Gold Card number by the way!

After successfully making an appointment, everyone has no intention of continuing to play!

The sky has been dyed a layer of dusk!

It's still early, so after Zhao Feng asked everyone's opinions, he went back to the villa and got ready to change some clothes!