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McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope (1962) | SOM
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Location: Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA- Completed in 1962, the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope designed by SOM is a classic example of great architecture built for a very specific purpose. It was mainly designed for studying the physical and chemical features of the sun and is the world’s largest unobstructed aperture optical telescope.
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architecture 575
photography 512
design 280
black and white photography 277
science 86
modernism 83
usa 69
observatory 12
photograph 9
1962 7
telescope 7
black & white 4
arizona 3
astrology 3
som 3
skidmore owings & merrill 2
american architecture 1
arkitekcher 1
blakc and white 1
kitt peak 1
kitt peak national observatory 1
mcmath-pierce solar telescop 1
