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Arecibo Observatory
August 2007;
Total 11 photos;
Where is it?
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That's the heliport, where Mulder and Scully landed in The X-files
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The telescope reflector is made of 38778 pieces like this. Every piece has unique shape to form the dish with 2 milimetre precision.
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In tropical weather plants are growing fast - the maintanace includes cleaning the reflector on a regular basis
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The thickest 'cable' up there that's the corridor used by scientists to get to work.
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Here is one of them to get sense of the size
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At the end of this video you can see a man leaving the antennas and walking the corridor
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Closer look. The Earth is in the center of the eyelike opening. It is not visible at this picture.
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...even closer. Our tiny little Earth.
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...and the satelite view. The dish is 1000ft in diameter.
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Arecibo Observatory rádioastronomické observatórium, najväčší rádiový teleskop rádioteleskop na svete, the largest radiotelescope telescope in the world, (Observatorio astronómico), North sever, North Norte, , Puerto Rico PR
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