- Henry M. Jackson Wilderness (wilderness.net)
Senator Henry Jackson of Washington was instrumental in the designation of many of the state’s Wildernesses, and this “forest” of fabled peaks recalls his efforts. Straddling more than 30 miles of the craggy north-south trending crest of the Cascade Mountains, with deep glacial valleys spreading out east and west from the crest, this Wilderness is perhaps most distinctive in its northwest section…
- Messier 79 (Wikipedia)
Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation Lepus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and is about 42,000 light-years away from Earth and 60,000 light years from the Galactic Center.
