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Watch the Arecibo Observatory's catastrophic collapse!
The National Science Foundation has released remarkable footage of the Arecibo Observatory's 900-ton platform falling into the 1,000-foot wide (305 meters) dish below. A drone happened to be performing an up-close investigation of the cables that hold the platform above the dish as they snapped. Videos released Thursday by NSF show both the ...
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New dramatic drone footage shows the moment support cables holding up the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico snapped, sending the famous observatory that had been in operation since the 1960s crashing to the ground. https://abcn.ws/2VxDuBP | ABC News
New dramatic drone footage shows the moment support cables holding up the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico snapped, sending the famous observatory that had been in operation since the 1960s crashing to the ground. https://abcn.ws/2VxDuBP | ABC News
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