The Hooker telescope dome completed, showing the fin used to balance the wind pressure on the shutter, Mount Wilson Observatory. Two metal staircases are seen on either side of the round observatory building. Trees and shrubs are in the surrounding area. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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