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The Grand Canyon is one of the best

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places to do observing - anywhere - because

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of the altitude and because of the dark skies.

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We have some of the best skies in

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the nation here at the Grand Canyon. 

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If they've never seen the Milky Way that

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certainly will be impressive. 

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it's going to just pop out at you.  Most people 

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think it's clouds.  They don't believe that it's

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just billions of stars up there.

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Sometimes we can get Venus if the moon's up.

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We could show them the moon as well

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and then, or by the canyon of course.

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We'll peer down into the canyons. 

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The most distant objects we look at are the

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galaxies. Some of them even show the

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spiral structure such as the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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it's one thing just reading the book

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but when you can point up and

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show them the countless things you have here.

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The skies are fantastic. This is a

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great place to do outreach because

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you're reaching people from all over the world.

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it's so much fun to see the people

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from all over the world.  Get stories from

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all of them,  about where they live, 

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what they can see, what they can't see.

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I travel all over the world as part of

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my job, and when I'm in a foreign country,

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I get to appreciate their hospitality,

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and I get to reciprocate, here.  

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Get to show them what the United States is 

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all about - in addition to the Grand Canyon.

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