Griffith's Observatory

I got to take the kids to the Griffith Observatory in LA last week- I have been wanting to check it out ever since they re-opened it in May after a major re-do. I remember going there as a kid and was looking forward to taking mine..

You can't park anywhere up there anymore, you have to park at the LA Zoo or in Hollywood and shuttle up the mountain. It wasn't too bad of a ride but it was hot waiting for the shuttle.

This was in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor. It was so cool, every day at noon a little spot of light passes over this giant arc to tell you exactly what day of the year it is. It's crazy how much the angle of the sun changes in one day. We just happened to be there at 12N on Summer Solstice- the sun shone at the very end of the arc and there were news cameras there to record it...

This was inside the Oschin Planetarium where we got to see the new show about the history of astronomy and how tiny we are realative to the rest of the universe. I totally remembered watching the laser show to Pink Floyd.
Mr. Einstien like you have never seen him... that's my nephew...
I still got to play a little:
Me playing again, this is the Gottlieb Transit Corridor
And here's a shot with the timer:
The ride home:


It was a good day!