Arecibo telescope before and after collapse (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Arecibo telescope before and after collapse

Caption

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed on December 1, 2020, after the cable wires slipped and caused the platform to fall onto the dish.

Credit

NAIC Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF; (INSET) Michelle Negron, National Science Foundation.

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Public Domain

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