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[gene lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dick,
 From personal observation.... The tiles in the dome on the Lowell 
Mausoleum (just a few steps away from the 24 inch Clark telescope) are 
thick blocks of blue glass, which let light through.
Gene Lucas
(17250)

Richard Harshaw wrote:

>Brian Skiff--
>
>I was looking at the photo montage of the New Horizons meeting at Lowell.
>Thanks for posting that album for us to view!  
>
>I had a question for you.  There is a glass cover over the top of Lowell's
>Mausoleum, with some dark tiles that I presume the glass is protected.  Any
>idea what those tiles are made of and why they need the glass protection?
>
> 
>Dick Harshaw
>Phoenix, AZ
> 
>"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."  --
>Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
>  
>

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