Griffith Observatory

HEHEHE. So I had to go on a field trip for my astronomy class. One of the places I could choose from was Griffith Observatory (although I wanted to go to Mt. Wilson, where Hubble measured the distance of galaxies but it is now closed for the winter!!!) so that is where I went! Josh was kind enough to accompany me on this most wonderful adventure! I had never been to an observatory but I have always wanted to go to one and school is a pretty good excuse to go to an observatory in my opinion! We got there at around 7 PM and it was super crowded! The observatory is right next to the Hollywood sign but it wasnt illuminated so that was kind of lame. ANYWAY, inside the observatory it was SO COOL. OH MAN I could go on forever and ever about how much fun I had! But I wont... but I will talk about the awesome show we saw in the planetarium! The star projector is one of the most sophisticated in the WORLD and it shows! When that thing came on it literally looked like the dome above us had disappeared! The entire sky was visible including the milky way band. It literally took my breath away it was so beautiful. The show lasted about 30 min and it talked about the creation of the universe and all the new discoveries such as dark energy. I want to go back there again! Another thing that sucked was that the telescope wasnt open because of the threat of rain so we couldnt see any planets or anything THAT would have blown my mind SUPER HARD... lolol. WELL, here are some pics!

After that we went to Pinks and it was DELICIOUS!!!