Multimedia Gallery
March 18, 2021
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Damage to the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory
Damage to the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory, after its collapse on Dec. 1, 2020. The remains of the instrument platform are visible on the telescope’s dish.
Full information about the Arecibo collapse is available on the Arecibo Observatory Media Resources webpage. (Date image taken: Dec. 8, 2020; posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: March 2021)
Credit: Michelle Negron, National Science Foundation
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.
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