Astronomer Walter Sydney Adams at the entrance to the Hale Solar Laboratory in 1946.
The library at the Hale Solar Laboratory today.
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What the Obsolete Art of Mapping the Skies on Glass Plates Can Still Teach Us
Elizabeth Landau (Smithsonian.com, 2019)
The first pictures of the sky were taken on glass photographic plates; these treasured artifacts can still help scientists make discoveries today. A report on long-neglected images from around the world that are being recovered and digitally archived, including those at the Hale Solar Laboratory, located at the residence of Liz and Stefanos.
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