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The old site near Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, was ruled out due to a range of issues and plans were submitted for the £1.5m observatory in Dumfries and Galloway with two observing domes.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Though it wasn’t the sparsely green terrain or occasionally snowcapped mountains that caught his eye, it was instead the historic collection of white domes and solar towers that make up the Mount Wilson Observatory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

On Dec. 30, protesters gathered near the bazaar and the golden domes of the Imam Reza Shrine, an important pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

In front of the golden domes of the 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv, a Christmas tree has been installed.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Both of the new domes, together, replace less than 10 percent of what the May 18, 1980 eruption—the big one—had blown away.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone