view gallery SE0 km | Prada Marfa - Valentine, TX in Satellite Imagery Oddities A full-scale mockup of a Prada store in the middle of the West Texas desert... more a of "Streetview" oddity then a satellite imagery oddity, put posted on Google Sightseeing and Virtual Globetrotting. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/05/2016 last visited: 03/08/2021 |
view gallery NE0 km | Prada Marfa (Valentine, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries A unique piece of art in the middle of the West Texas desert: an authentic and full-scale mockup of a Prada store! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/11/2016 last visited: 03/08/2021 |
view gallery NE0 km | Prada Store - Valentine, TX in Roadside Attractions A store that is not a store, but is rather a very unique piece of art. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 01/06/2010 last visited: 03/08/2021 |
view gallery NE0 km | Prada Marfa - Valentine, TX in Realistic Object Sculptures It may look like a Prada store, right down to the merchandise in the window, but the door is sealed tight because it is actually a sculpture. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 12/17/2009 last visited: 03/08/2021 |
view gallery SE26.7 km | Mysterious Blimp - Marfa, TX in Roadside Attractions This is one of 8 Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) bases in Southern USA. TARS blimps are balloon-borne radar systems providing low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in drug interdiction programs. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2018 last visited: 09/19/2016 |
view gallery SE26.7 km | Tethered Aerostat B-43 - Marfa, TX in Satellite Imagery Oddities This is one of the 8 Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) bases in Southern USA. TARS blimps are balloon-borne radar systems providing low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in drug interdiction programs. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/06/2016 last visited: 09/19/2016 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory - Fort Davis, TX in Roadside Attractions The observatory in the Davis Mountains of West Texas claims to have some of the darkest night skies in the continental U.S. The nearby Visitor's Center and one of the 3 main telescopes is open for public viewing. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/06/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory -- near Fort Davis TX in American Guide Series The McDonald Observatory - a cool science-y place to visit when the WPA writers showed up in the 1930s, and when Blasterz dropped in in 2016 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/12/2017 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | NGS Bench Mark Disk S 1098, Texas in U.S. Benchmarks This bench mark is found very close to the Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis, Texas. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 03/23/2008 last visited: 08/10/2010 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory Sundial, Fort Davis, Texas in Sundials Sundial in the courtyard of the Frank N. Bash visitors center at the McDonald Observatory. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 03/30/2008 last visited: 03/14/2017 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory Weather Station, Fort Davis, Texas in Weather Stations Weather station near the 82" Otto Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 03/30/2008 last visited: 12/23/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory in Astronomical Observatories Research and public outreach observatory associated with the University of Texas. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 03/23/2008 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | Frank N. Bash Visitors Center - McDonald Observatory, TX in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers The Frank N. Bash Visitors Center is the is the public outreach center for the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains of West Texas (~10 NW of Fort Davis, TX). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | BQ0296 - "MCDONALD RM 1" reference mark disk - Mount Locke, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of 4 still existing (read: "recovered") marks located right near the McDonald Observatory's main telescope on top of Mount Locke (Davis Mountains), Texas. The observatory is actually a benchmark as well! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2016 last visited: 09/20/2016 |
view gallery E48 km | BQ0297 - "MCDONALD RM 2" reference mark disk - Mount Locke, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of 4 still existing (read: "recovered") marks located right near the McDonald Observatory's main telescope on top of Mount Locke (Davis Mountains), Texas. The observatory is actually a benchmark as well! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2016 last visited: 09/20/2016 |
view gallery E48 km | BQ0295 - "MCDONALD" triangulation station disk - Mount Locke, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of 4 still existing (read: "recovered") marks located right near the McDonald Observatory's main telescope on top of Mount Locke (Davis Mountains), Texas. The observatory is actually a benchmark as well! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2016 last visited: 09/20/2016 |
view gallery E48 km | McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas in Texas Historical Markers Historical marker outside the original telescope dome for the McDonald Observatory. posted by: rilekyle location: Texas date approved: 09/28/2006 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | Otto Struve Telescope (Mount Locke, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries The Otto Struve telescope -- one of the McDonald Observatory's three largest telescopes -- is the oldest and often the most memorable by daytime tourists due to its exquisite setting. Originally built in 1938, its lens is 82" in diameter. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48 km | BQ0406 - MCDONALD OBSERVATORY - Mount Locke, TX in U.S. Benchmarks The top center of McDonald Observatory's oldest telescope (the "Otto Struve" telescope) on top of Mount Locke, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BQ0406"). Four more "standard" benchmarks are located close to the observatory's main entrance/doorway. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48.1 km | Mount Locke Summit, near Fort Davis, Texas 6791 Ft in Elevation Signs Elevation sign located on Highway Spur 78 at the McDonald Observatory. posted by: linkys location: Texas date approved: 10/30/2009 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48.1 km | BQ0298 - "MCDONALD RM 3" reference mark disk - Mount Locke, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of 4 still existing (read: "recovered") marks located right near the McDonald Observatory's main telescope on top of Mount Locke (Davis Mountains), Texas. The observatory is actually a benchmark as well! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/06/2016 last visited: 09/20/2016 |
view gallery E48.1 km | McDonald Observatory (Davis Mountains, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries The McDonald Observatory in West Texas is 450 miles West of its research and administrative home at The University of Texas at Austin, and under some of the darkest skies in the continental US. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48.1 km | McDonald Observatory - Davis Mountains, TX in Satellite Imagery Oddities The McDonald Observatory is located near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. It comprises of several telescopes mounted on Mount Locke and nearby Mount Fowlkes. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/06/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48.1 km | Harlan J. Smith Telescope (Mount Locke, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries The Harlan J. Smith telescope -- one of the McDonald Observatory's three largest telescopes -- is a 107" single-lens telescope built in 1969, originally used to survey the planets for future space exploration by NASA. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: 07/13/2019 |
view gallery E48.9 km | Hobby–Eberly Telescope (Mount Fowlkes, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries The Hobby-Eberly telescope -- one of the McDonald Observatory's three largest telescopes -- is one of the largest optical telescopes in the world and the only one in the group situated on Mt Fowlkes (vs. Mt Locke). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: 12/21/2016 |
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