Around the World

10 JULY 2015 City Employees Club of Los Angeles • Alive! 10 AROUND THE WORLD 1 Mexico/Chicago/Tennessee Dr. Ed Krupp Director, Griffith Observatory 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Here’s our intrepid traveler, Dr. Ed Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory/Rec and Parks, on three different trips. 1) “A road trip last December (http://ranchopuertoblanco.com). the sky through the aperture 4) “Replacement of the to Caborca, in Sonora, Mexico, The panel here has what looks overhead. This picture was Samuel Oschin Planetarium’s transported me, at last, to the like a crescent moon.” taken about an hour before the dome lighting system at Griffith 6000 or so prehistoric petro- lighting program began.” Observatory required a dem- glyphs of Cerro La Proveedora 2) “James Turrell, the cel- onstration of one of the options and Cerro Calera. This rock ebrated artist of light and 3) “The overnight trip to at the Sudekum Planetarium in art was probably produced space, has installed monu- Nashville in May permitted a the Adventure Science Center between 800 and 1100 A.D. mental Skyspaces all over brief visit to the Country Music in Nashville, Tenn.” by people perhaps related to the world, including Chicago, Hall of Fame, where a new the Hohokam of Phoenix and on the southwest corner of exhibit on Bob Dylan, Johnny 5) “An astronomical commit- southern Arizona. Crossing the Roosevelt and Halsted, on the Cash and the Nashville Cats tee meeting brought me to border at Lukeville/Sonuyta and campus of the University of ned on the marquee.” Chicago’s Adler Planetarium the drive to Caborca are easy. Illinois Chicago. During twilight, last March. Adler opened to The most convenient way to visit a carefully crafted program of the public in 1930 and was the this private site is booking the changing light alters the visi- first planetarium in the United reasonably priced ranch house tor’s perception of the color of States and North America.” 2 Alaska 3 Rhode Island Here’s Mike Boyd, Public Works/Sanitation, on a recent Alaskan cruise. 1) “Margorie Glacier in Glacier Bay. This tidewater glacier is 21 miles long and one mile wide. 2) Mike on the Star Princess on the Alaskan cruise – Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat Bay. 3) “A six- mile hike (3,100 feet gain) to Upper Dewey Lake in Skagway.” 4) “On top of Deer Mountain (3,100-foot elevation) looking down on the town of Ketchikan.” 5) “Creek Street was known as Ketchikan’s red-light district in the mid-’20s. Also known for being the salmon capitol of the world.” 1) 3) The 2) Here’s Bob Hill, DWP visiting the Rosecliff House in Newport, R.I. Adventures This home was commissioned by Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs Of in 1899. Architect Stanford White modeled the home after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles. It was pouring rain at the moment this photo was taken!” Mike Boyd Public Works Take Alive! with you, wherever you go! 4) 5) Club members are a well-traveled bunch. Bring your recent copy of Alive! with you. Snap a high resolution photo with you holding a copy, send it in, and we’ll publish it. Send to: [email protected].

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