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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