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Archive Home > 2007 > July > 25 > Offering more than the moon, the stars

Offering more than the moon, the stars

Beyond the observatory, Pine Mountain is home to High Desert wildlife

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
July 25, 2007

Pine Mountain rises out of the High Desert steppe of Central Oregon, an island of timbered peaks and valleys that reaches 6,349 feet at its highest point.

It’s about eight miles from the on-again-off-again town of Millican to the observatories, the mountain’s best-known....

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