Watch unreal drone footage of Arecibo Observatory’s catastrophic collapse – CNET

The National Science Foundation released stunning video footage Thursday capturing the exact dramatic moment the Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton platform fell into the 1,000-foot wide dish below. A drone happened to be performing an up-close investigation of the cables that still held the platform above the dish as the cables snapped on Tuesday.
The video of the massive radio telescope shows both the drone footage and the view from a camera in the visitor center that shows the platform falling into…

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