The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was built in 1963 and was the world’s largest single-unit radio telescope until China’s construction of the FAST in 2016. After struggling with structural issues for some time, the dish finally collapsed and the violent destruction was caught on video. The Observatory was designed over a natural sinkhole and […]
Drone Captures the Terrifyingly Violent Collapse of the Arecibo Observatory
PetaPixel - 4 Dec 2020 21:05
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was built in 1963 and was the world’s largest single-unit radio telescope until China’s construction of the FAST in 2016. After struggling with structural issues for some time, the dish finally collapsed and the violent destruction was caught on video. The Observatory was designed over a natural sinkhole and […]
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