Desert Museum nights feature heavens, wildlife
Robin Kropp, an education specialist at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, shows a gopher snake to Adrian Qureshi, left, Summer Coleman and Maran Sardoni at the museum.
Robin Kropp shows off a barn owl during the Creatures of the Night presentation at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Shannon and Jen Thorn enjoy ice cream and cool refreshments with their kids Spencer, 4, and Sofia, 7.
Chuck Dugan displays a comet replica during the Solar System Activities presentation. It was made in part from dry ice.
July 11: The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum keeps it cool with its Cool Summer Nights, 5-10 p.m. Tonight, it’s Astronomy Night with experts from Kitt Peak’s National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Star-gazing is in order. 2021 N. Kinney Road, 883-2702.
A hummingbird perches on a branch.
