KPNO at sunset

[KPNO] KPNO at sunset

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A distant shot of the setting sun backlighting the Kitt Peak telescope domes in 1982. At left is the distinctive triangular shadow of the National Solar Observatory's McMath-Pierce Solar Facility. At far right is the 4-meter Mayall telescope dome, an 18-storey building.

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