exploring Arecibo, Puerto Rico

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road to Arecibo 2004:06:09 15:56:19 Puerto Rico seems very confused on units; the construction is in 150 meters, but you can only go 25 miles per hour here... nice ham setup graves graves graves first sighting of Arecibo Radio Observatory entrance gate nice old Falcon generator (turbine?) lead anti-vibration weights? flags a reflector tile Peter and Paul at the Arecibo Radio Telescope pano made with PTAssembler and six images, taken handheld.  Note the unsharpness in the center area caused by camera shake. nice ride anatomy of the telescope close-up of lead mass balance on the guy wires Arecibo power generator load of fruit