Posted on 12/01/2020 4:37:35 AM PST by cll
The Arecibo Observatory's platform collapsed this morning due to structural failure.
In mid-November, the National Science Foundation had announced that the Observatory would be dismantled because of the danger it posed.
(Excerpt) Read more at elvocero.com ...
“...without humans to maintain structures, they will be swallowed up by nature pretty quickly.”
I always think that when I’m in Florida! If the humans left it would be taken over by the flora in about 6 weeks time.
Thank you.
Bump to the top.
Yep. I re-watched it, coincidentally, just last month.
Side note - I went up to Mauna Kea Observatory, and it was cool to be above the clouds. On a real clear night in Hawaii you can see the Milky Way and so many stars you didn’t know are there. Cool stuff.
Pythons, gators, and kudzu...
Yes...it is pretty impressive when you see a structure that has not been maintained.
I have a small house near me in a wooded area (and this is in the Northeast US) and it has been condemned for about ten years.
With each passing year, it is covered in more moss and mildew, all around is overgrown, the roof is covered with pine needles, and you can see the entire house is just going to collapse...the roof is showing concavities, that kind of thing.
It will in my life time, revert to a pile of rubble, and in a generation, you would be able to walk by it in the woods and not really know there had been a house there except for a pipe or something.
Down in places like Florida, it is accelerated. It is a bit humbling, too.
Thanks.
I’ll have to check that out sometime! Thanks...
The city of Chernobyl is a prime example of what happens.
People were suddenly removed from the entire city.
It has returned to a wilderness area, buildings falling in and their entire contents still intact.
All the people left with just the clothes on their backs, basically. Even uneaten meals still on plates on tables.
A team of international scientists was allowed into the forbidden area a couple of years back and they were stunned to find animals of all kinds flourishing even though the radiation levels are way beyond what is safe.
What they surmised was that the animals aren’t bothered by the radiation because they do not live long enough for it to become a problem.................
Yep. And I think it was featured in Arrival if I’m not mistaken. What a shame to lose this asset.
I visited the site in the late 90’s. A winding road that made you feel carsick led to the observatory. They didn’t give tours, just let you see the place.
On the way down the mountain we stopped at a road side, “restaurant”. It was a family run shack with a dirt floor and goats and chickens wandering in and out along with the customers. Best lunch ever! Worth the trip. I remember a Mercedes pulled up and one of the most beautiful women on earth got out and got food to go.
“I always think that when I’m in Florida! If the humans left it would be taken over by the flora in about 6 weeks time.”
Covid virus ate the cables up.
https://twitter.com/ruperto1023/status/1333791522269978626?s=21
Aerial shot of collapsed dome, remaining towers
Thanks again.
It is indeed humbling.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2020336009/executive
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