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May.10.2021
It might seem implausible today, but Cold War dramas played out all across the hot desert of Arizona in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
And the stakes couldn’t have been higher. For the United States Air Force personnel who manned top-secret sites like the Titan II missile site near Green Valley, Arizona, nuclear war was a possible outcome.
Of course, it never came to that, and the disarmed nuclear missile site south of Tucson now serves as a museum and National Historic Landmark a testament to the era when Arizona’s schoolchildren were instructed on how to duck and cover in the event of a nuclear attack.
His killed me as a pre-punk boy. Like some free-reed instrument, it glowed more than pushed, transmitting a longing I couldn t yet name. Was the sweetest on KWFM radio in Tucson in the mid 70s. That voice sidled up swimmingly next to his male-peer stars, like the velvet country-rock throats of John Dawson (New Riders of The Purple Sage) and Jackson Browne, especially on the song of isolation The Story, a tune filled of songwriterly flourishes, raw violin and a foreshadowing narrative so great it transcended any potentialities as a formal radio song, yet there it was on free-form KWFM, regularly:
Best stargazing places for Dark Sky Week: See Milky Way, meteors, planets over Arizona Shaena Montanari, Arizona Republic
Stargazing is a naturally socially distant activity that can be done almost anywhere. While observatories with high-powered telescopes are great places to visit when you have the chance, stargazing can be done at any time with just your eyes and no extra equipment.
And now is the perfect time to go outside after dark and look up. International Dark Sky Week is April 5-12.
Many parts of Arizona are known for clear and dark skies, making the state the perfect place to see the Milky Way and planets like Jupiter and Saturn. The International Dark-Sky Association recognizes communities and parks as International Dark Sky Places when efforts have been made to make outdoor lighting night-sky friendly and prevent light pollution.
The Daily Saguaro: Monday 3/22/2021 tucsonweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tucsonweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.