he sent an assistant out here, andrew douglas, to map sites around the territory, and they chose flagstaff. skies,ff has very dark and was at a higher elevation, 7008. the higher elevation -- 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through. the air is like a swimming pool. everything is kind of fuzzy because the water is bending that light -- air does the same thing. so the more air you look through the more distorted stars are going to look through. igher are h elevations, the dark side, great location. up on mars hill, where lowell observatory is located, you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a birthday cake -- 400 feet tall, like a birthday cake on the hill. in 1894,d to set up and had this telescope built, a 24 inch diameter, 32 foot refracting telescope. that means it uses lenses instead of mirrors to collect the light. he built this in 1896 and it was used in mexico for about one year, then brought back here in 1897 and has been here ever since. this is really a classic instrument, classic part of scientific history, american andory,

he sent an assistant out here, andrew douglas. he tested sites around around the territory, and they chose flagstaff. flagstaff had very dark skies, and was at a higher elevation, 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through. and the less distortion you get, because air is like a swimming pool. when you open your eyes in a swimming pool, everything is kind of fuzzy because the water is bending that light -- air does the same thing. so the more air you are looking through, the more distorted stars are going to look through. -- going to look. so there is higher elevation, dark skies here, a great location. in flagstaff, you can look up on mars hill, where lowell observatory is located, you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a big birthday cake on the top of the hill. so lowell decided to set up in in 1896 had this telescope built, a 24 inch diameter, 32 foot refracting telescope. refracting telescope means it uses lenses instead of mirrors to collect the light. so he built this in

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his wife carol, sons douglas and andrew and daughter sidney live in orange park, florida. >> i just rememberally skinny. he was just kind of all bones in his face, and he was limping quite noticeably. one of his arms he couldn't lift any higher than about this. but i just remember the smile was the same and the humor was the same, there was still a twinkle in his eye. it was like right out of the movies. >> i don't think i really understood what was going on. i was really like who is this guy? what is he doing here? did not understand the whole concept of his return from vietnam. >> john was not angry. he was just happy to be home. he told me every single thing that he could remember, and i wanted him to. i wanted him to just talk and talk and talk and not keep that stuff locked up. >> when we came home, i wanted to know what happened during all those years. think of yourself going 5 1/2 years with only information provided to you by your communist captors. i wanted to know how the antiwar movement began. >> will the committee come to order? the committee continuing its hearings on proposals

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andrew mccain, adopted from his first marriage, is the taller general with the dark hair. the one wearing glasses is douglas mccain, the other son from the first marriage. bridget mccain is cindy and the senator's adopted daughter as well, and then there's a woman, sidney mccain with brown hair, who is the daughter from his first marriage to his first wife, carol. they have all been there throughout the week. >> you hear a round of applause there, the people gathered watching mccain's family, watched the mccain family walk away from the memorial. and this is a public memorial that anyone visiting washington can go to the mall and visit themselves. and you see these crowds of onlookers there turning out this anhn about how he used to cts.>e go down there, by himself. he'd just go. it wasn't a press photo op or anything like that. that was so much john mccain. he used to do the same about going up to walter reed, where all the war wounded were. he didn't tell anybody he was going. he called me up one day, said i'm going to go out there, you want to go with me? and i knew it wasn't to do a news story or anythi

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