Editing Fountain Hills, Arizona (section)

==Arts and culture==

===The Fountain===
Fountain Hills has the world's fourth-tallest [[fountain]], and the second [[History of fountains in the United States|tallest]] in the United States. It was built in 1970 in Zürich by [[Robert P. McCulloch]], the year before the reconstruction of the [[London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)|London Bridge]] in Lake Havasu City, another of McCulloch's projects. The fountain sprays water for about 15 minutes every hour on the hour between 9am and 9pm. The plume rises from a concrete water-lily sculpture in the center of a large man-made lake. The fountain, driven by three {{convert|600|hp}} turbine pumps, sprays water at a rate of {{convert|7000|USgal}} per minute through an {{convert|18|in|adj=on}} nozzle. With all three pumps under ideal conditions, the fountain reaches {{convert|560|ft|m}} in height,<ref>
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}}</ref> though in normal operation only two of the pumps are used, with a fountain height of around {{convert|300|ft|m}}. When built it was the world's tallest fountain, a record it held for over a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fountainhillsguide.com/about/the-fountain-in-fountain-hills-arizona.aspx|title=The Fountain (site disabled 2017-06-26)|publisher=Fountain Hills Guide|access-date=August 23, 2012|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722121103/http://www.fountainhillsguide.com/about/the-fountain-in-fountain-hills-arizona.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Town of Fountain Hills has partnered with EarthCam<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.earthcam.com/usa/arizona/fountainhills/?cam=fountainpark | title=LIVE NOW! Fountain Hills Cam }}</ref> to bring live streaming views of its world-famous fountain. The live stream camera can be accessed on the Experience Fountain Hills website.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.experiencefountainhills.org/p/fountain/fountain-runtimes | title=Fountain Hills Fountain }}</ref>
To help celebrate the fountain's 50th year, the town installed a new LED lighting system with four lights mounted directly under the fountain and six lights on the shore for a total of 10 lights to provide ample lighting and still meet the Dark Skies regulations.<ref name="fhdarksky.com">{{Cite web|title=Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association|url=http://fhdarksky.com/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association|language=en-US}}</ref>
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The fountain in Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, AZ..jpg|alt=The famous fountain in Fountain Hills, Arizona, running at full height.|The "World Famous Fountain" in Fountain Hills can attain a height of {{convert|560|ft}} when running on all three of its pumps.
Fountain in green light.jpg|alt=The fountain is bathed in green in Fountain Park with LED lights during holidays and special events. There are eight colors available to shine on the spray.|The fountain in Fountain Park is lighted with LED lights during holidays and special events. There are eight colors available to shine on the spray.
The fountain in morning sun..jpg|The fountain of Fountain Hills
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=== International Dark Sky Community ===
[[File:Red moon with purple spray.jpg|alt=Red moon from a lunar eclipse with the fountain in the foreground|thumb|Lunar Eclipse over Fountain Park in Fountain Hills]]
In January 2018, the town of Fountain Hills was designated an International Dark Sky Community<ref name="fhdarksky.com"/> by the [[International Dark Sky Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Dark Sky Association|url=https://www.darksky.org/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=International Dark-Sky Association|language=en-US}}</ref> The town is one of only two International Dark Sky Communities located near a large metropolitan area. {{as of|2021}}, 34 communities in the world have earned the Community designation, among Dark Sky Reserves, Parks, and Sanctuaries. The Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association (FHDSA) worked with town council and town staff to change outdoor lighting and sign ordinances to address [[light pollution]]. This designation is a result of both geography and lighting ordinances. The community is shielded from the lights of the larger cities in the Phoenix metro region by the McDowell Mountains to the west. The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to the east, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to the south, and the McDowell Mountain Regional Park all help the town preserve its dark skies. The absence of street lights and the presence of only low-impact outdoor lighting creates an outstanding environment for [[stargazing]]. The Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association is currently working to develop a {{convert|15000|sqft}} International Dark Sky Discovery Center that will include a Dark Sky Observatory, Hyperspace Planetarium, Inspiration Theater, and an Immersion Zone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association|url=http://fhdarksky.com/|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association|language=en-US}}</ref> Fountain Hills was the home to [[Charles W. Juels]]' [[Fountain Hills Observatory]] {{Obscode|678}}, where [[Charles W. Juels#List of discovered asteroids|475 asteroids were discovered between 1999 and 2003]], including [[20898 Fountainhills]].<ref name="jpldata">{{cite web
  |type       = January 24, 2018 last obs.
  |title      = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 20898 Fountainhills (2000 WE147)
  |url        = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2020898
  |publisher  = [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
  |accessdate = November 21, 2021}}</ref>