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[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Smoke

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
It's constructed in a crater? lol didn't know that!
Is it a volcanic crater? ,even if it is doesn't necessarily mean it will become active again.Unless scientists have picked up activity in the area?

I know the answer to this one! Me! Me! Call on me! 😛 😀

When I was there the guide told me the Arecibo dish was built into one of the many "sink-holes" in the area.

Arecibo Observatory ala Google Maps

Looks like the above link doesn't lead you to the coordinates I intended. When you get to "Google Maps", enter the following into the destination: Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. Switch to either the Satellite or Hybrid mode. 😉

Check out the above linked map. Zoom in and out and you will see the makeup of the surrounding landscape.

🙂

fixed link

 

[Assimilator1]

Cool! 🙂

What's amazing is how far you can zoom out & still see it! :Q

How often are those photos updated? (I was wondering if I could see the bad flooding we've got in some parts of Britian)
[edit] not often ,I noticed a local layby which was dug up a few yrs ago still being shown.

 

[Smoke]

Thanks for fixing that link, ElFenix. 🙂

If you look NORTH of the dish at a distance just about 1 and 1/3 dish diameters you will see the visitors parking lot. It may not look like it but that was a significant walk (climb) especially for me. 😉

All the employees had parking spaces right at the top next to the visitor center. Seemed a little bit of reverse logic to me but what do I know. :laugh:

 

[Assimilator1]

Where would you choose if you worked there?😉😛..................besides tourists need the exercise 😀