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One of the most spectacular views in Death Valley National Park, one can see over two miles of vertical relief, from Badwater, near the bottom of the image, 282 feet below sea level, to Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, 11043 feet above sea level. I'm really disappointed that this one ended up affected by the R...
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Atop the 14,000-ft summit of Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea are some of the world's largest telescopes for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomy. From left to right, the observatories and telescopes in this panorama are identified as follows. The silver 'golf ball' dome of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory ...
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The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale houses a fleet of NASA airplanes: Gulfstream III N803NA, Beechcraft Super King Air N7NA, Boeing 747SP N747NA Stratospheric Observatory For Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA), Douglas DC-8-72 N817NA, Lockheed ER-2 N809NA, and Boeing 747-SCA N911NA Shuttl...
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- Chilbolton by Alex
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The 3 GHz CAMRa is the largest fully steerable meteorological radar in the world. The large antenna of the 3 GHz weather radar gives it an extremely narrow beam, only 0.25 degrees wide, resulting in an increased resolution (at 100km from the dish, the resolution of an 0.25 degree beam is 0.4km). It has dual-polarisatio...
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Ths is an 8-shot handheld panorama looking SSW from near the summit of Mauna Kea. It was taken in December 2008. There are several telescopes visible in this image; from left to right they are: California Institute of Technology 10.4m Submillimeter Telescope (CSO) James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Submillimeter Array Su...
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This is the Great 36-inch Refractor at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. This telescope was completed in 1888 with a $700,000 donation by James Lick and was, at the time, the largest telescope in the world. James Lick is entombed at the base of the telescope. A fitting monument to him. The observatory has gracious...
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The telescope field at Calstar 2009, a star party held each year at Lake San Antonio in the central coast range of California. Three nights of dark sky observing on Sept 17,18,19. Dozens of scopes and imaging gear - from binoculars to monster dobsonians. This pano was taken in fading light as people began to move o...
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Jodrell Bank 76m Radio Telescope, in Cheshire UK
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NASA's 747SP N747NA, the Stratospheric Observatory For Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA) is housed in the newly dedicated Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility. An infra-red telescope will look out through the large opening of the fuselage. The 747SP will carry the telescope above most of the water vapor in the atmosphere to p...
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