Kitt Peak is a 7000-or-so-foot high mountain southwest of Tucson. The altitude, and distance from the pollution centers that cities tend to be, give it clear air suitable for telescopes. That morning's tour was to the solar telescope.
The half-size pictures are links to the full-size ones.
Before the tour started, the Kitt Peak Kitty was chasing a vole.
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