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Due to my terrible photography skills, this picture really betrays the true size of the dome, which is deceptively far away from me in the picture. If you look closely, you can see one of the members of my tour standing near the dome, for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1564341817620-LF3BZ9NWYPHW9CWBUKOV/100_inch.JPG Blog - Wrapping up at JPL The preposterously large 100 inch telescope, the biggest telescope in the world from 1917 to 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1564341435535-KEOSI3OMGE71KVIF56YV/60_in_close.JPG Blog - Wrapping up at JPL The 60 inch instrument itself. 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It was difficult to pry that coffee thermos out of my hands to be able to take this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1560627414348-3MSWEYS0OFGXPV0DRFX4/Screen+Shot+2019-06-15+at+12.36.18+PM.png Blog - After one month at JPL... https://www.brendansteffens.com/blog/getting-home-from-jpl monthly 0.5 2019-06-07 https://www.brendansteffens.com/blog/week-2-at-jpl monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1559404013492-KPCJU1LC3DIFSSQHTUSY/CH4_1.gif Blog - Week 2 at JPL Sigma1 vibrational mode of the Methane (CH4) molecule, which has tetrahedral structure. The central gray atom is carbon, while the four outer white atoms are hydrogen. 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Source: UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences. https://www.brendansteffens.com/blog/one-week-into-an-internship-at-nasas-jet-propulsion-laboratory-jpl monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1559067723106-DT8HXZ3HZ9F3V4XBYCI6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One week into an internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) The surface of Titan as seen by the Huygens probe in 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1558732665765-2VQ2290J2PNMV4M5LO1I/JPL_on_hill.JPG Blog - One week into an internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) JPL, a city of science on a hill. Photo taken by yours truly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce6226a2d5e0b000185d9f0/1558823499921-B415WJ8EZOUIU8AL3BNX/the_mall.JPG Blog - One week into an internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) “The Mall” at JPL, a popular spot for lunch, coffee, and enjoying the California weather. 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