Drone Footage of Arecibo Observatory Collapse
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#2The clip has two different vantage points, skip to the middle of the clip for the closeup where you can see the supports/guys snapping.
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#3direct link to the video:
http://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/EkLWnGuil_default...
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#5Thank you for posting this.
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#6Why were they filming?
As in why was the drone in place and looking at a close-up of the cable?
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#7Why were they filming? As in why was the drone in place and looking at a close-up of the cable?
I’m sure everything has been creaking and making noise. They probably went up inspect it. I can see a few frayed cables before it starts to give way.
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#8Why were they filming? As in why was the drone in place and looking at a close-up of the cable?
Wasn't it expected to fail at any moment? I imagine they've been watching pretty closely with drones for the last few days/weeks.
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#9Why were they filming? As in why was the drone in place and looking at a close-up of the cable?
The press release from last week https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674&org=NS... says:
“During ongoing aerial drone surveillance of the Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope, engineers observed additional breakages on the exterior wires of the remaining cables attached to Tower 4. This is the same tower to which the failed auxiliary cable and the broken main cable were attached.”
“Engineers have been examining the Arecibo Observatory 305-meter telescope since August, when one of its support cables detached.”
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#10Why were they filming? As in why was the drone in place and looking at a close-up of the cable?
To aid in future investigations of the structural failures I would imagine?
As I understand it from reading various news reports and a video from one Scott Manley, the damage from the recent earthquake had this collapse in the “when” column not “if”.