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Liberal In Texas

(13,563 posts) Fri Dec 4, 2020, 09:58 AM Dec 2020

Spectacular Video

Arecibo Observatory Collapses

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Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released shocking footage of the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The video, captured on December 1st, shows the moment when support cables snapped, causing the massive 900-ton structure suspended above Arecibo to fall onto the observatory's iconic 1,000-foot-wide dish.

Very sad. I hope somebody comes up with the money to rebuild it.

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Spectacular Video (Original Post) Liberal In Texas Dec 2020 OP

That's wild genxlib Dec 2020 #1

I guess they were in a kind of "death watch." Liberal In Texas Dec 2020 #3

It's like watching a loved one pass...nt. N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2020 #2

Too bad the richest nation in the history of the world can't afford to maintain it's accomplishments Midnight Writer Dec 2020 #4

genxlib

(5,528 posts)

1. That's wild

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2020, 10:26 AM

Dec 2020

That they had a drone checking out the connection to the tower right when it snapped. You just know the drone operator had a butt puckering "oh-shit-what-have-I-done" moment there.