McDonald Observatory dome telescope — ceramic art tile

McDonald Observatory dome telescope

Keepsake · 2 in / Glossy / Loose
$22.00
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McDonald Observatory dome telescope — ceramic art tile

McDonald Observatory dome telescope

$22.00
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A white steel dome on the summit of Mount Locke, 6,791 feet above the Chihuahuan Desert. Inside is the 2.7-metre Harlan J. Smith Telescope, in service since 1968. The shutter rolls open at dusk, the dome turns on its track, and the mirror catches a sky as dark as any left in the contiguous United States. The Davis Mountains hold the dark for it.

from the studio

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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