Natural feature
Kleť
Forested mountain summit with an observatory that hunts asteroids and a neo-Gothic stone lookout tower.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Kleť, the forested peak above Český Krumlov, is about the working observatory built just below its summit in 1957, chasing darker skies than the valley towns could offer. It follows comet hunter Antonín Mrkos, who took over as director in 1965 and built a camera meant for catching faint, fast-moving objects, and later Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý, who kept the same patient nightly sweep going for decades. Look for the dome below the ridge, still scanning the sky most clear nights.
This audio guide was created using AI.