Griffith's Observatory!

After the La Brea Tarpits we went to Griffith's Observatory, which is up on a hill overlooking L.A. We got there just in time to see the sunset, which was amazing! Since it had been raining earlier that day but had started to clear away, there were some awesome clouds and colors during the sunset.

I took a few pictures, but Lara and Kristina had nicer cameras so I let them take most of the pictures.

You can see the Hollywood sign from the Observatory.

Sisters!

I didn't take a ton of pictures but here's a few.

Look at those colors!

These pictures do not do it justice at all. Almost every second the colors and clouds were changing and it was hard to capture the beauty on the camera.

After watching the sunset until it was completely dark, we went inside the observatory and saw some cool exhibits about the stars and planets and the Tesla coil.

The man that was showing us the Tesla Coil (which they had a cool demonstration of) kept on saying we should be grateful for Nikola Tesla (the man the Tesla Coil was named after). Nikola Tesla made it possible for radio, x-ray, radar and basically the electrical power of the 20th century, to happen. He invented the first alternating current (AC) motor and developed AC generation and transmission technology.

If you want to read more about Nikola Tesla click here for the History Channel biography of him.

Griffith's Observatory was very cool! The exhibits, the sunset, the view of the city, and its free admission!

Just for me wanting to remember, after Griffith's Observatory we found a restaurant on Hollywood Blvd to eat at called Mother Dough. It was delicious! A little pricey but really good!