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Kitt Peak
1958
Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The largest collection of optical telescopes in the world, on a mountain the Tohono O'odham leased to astronomers after a delegation was shown the moon through an eyepiece. Tucson passed some of the first dark-sky lighting ordinances anywhere to protect the seeing.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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