I headed to Griffith Observatory to watch a rocket launch. The launch wasn't much to see. The rocket had a bit of trail before disappearing into space.
N8 | Views from the top of Mount Hollywood
Since I gained a ton of weight over the holidays, I went for a hike. My headphones took four or five times to get paired up with my phone properly. I walked to the top of Mount Hollywood and took some photos.
N8 | Flowers with Glendale in the background
After leaving the peak, I took a trail that headed east. I took this photo of some flowers on the way. I thought I would end up at the bird sanctuary but I ended up at a golf course. Eventually I made my way back to the Griffith Observatory parking lot.
After two hours with endomondo running and connected to my bluetooth headphones, the N8 was down to 2 bars. You can check out my course here
This was originally posted to VOX on February 21, 2008. It has been edited around dead links
I spent the evening of February 20th, 2008 at mecca of astronomy, the Griffith Observatory. It was a pretty chilly evening. There were quite a few clouds in the sky. They added a lot of drama, people cheered whenever the moon peeked out from the clouds.
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers showed up and shared their telescopes. Kudos to them for not only sharing their telescopes, but their knowledge of the skies as well.
I shot some video for QIK where some staffers demonstrated an eclipse mostly for the many children who were in attendance.
Around 7:25 in the evening, we were informed an an extra special treat. A satellite focused its light to form an iridium flare for us.
Later on, I shot some video of Dr. E.C. Krupp, the director of the observatory, dressed up as a wizard to chase away the dragon who was eating the moon.
