But, Rich, what if it's on the west slope of a mountain? The rising sun or moon would be seen above it in the morning, a couple of days a year! Or if on the eastern slope, the setting sun or moon. A "U" is the first letter of "Universe", and "Y" is the last letter in "Astronomy", so you simply MUST like them! Maybe an art museum could buy them for a dollar, and place them somewhere else, preserved, for future generations to revere... ;o) You know, high-shool and college students may use concrete, but I think astronomers mark their turf in the same way as canines...especially if there is no outhouse at the observing site... On 5/21/07, Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
This is wandering way off-topic, but I would also include big white letters painted on the sides of perfectly lovely mountains by perfectly childish HS and College age folk apparently feeling the need, like dogs, to "mark their turf".