Arecibo Observatory Platform Tour

Ride the Cable Car and explore the focus platform of the largest radio telescope in the world!
¡Da un paseo a teleférico y explore la plataforma del foco del Observatorio de Arecibo, el telescopio más grande del mundo!

[@tiddiesprinkles]

After the collapse I'm so grateful that this video is on KZbin. At least I can experience it from home

[@DavidRamirez-lq2co]

This is sad

[@ImInSpainWithoutTheS]

its such a shame that it collapsed. this is now historical footage

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Thank you for (unintentionally) preserving this engineering masterpiece so future generations can enjoy it.

[@zakiducky]

It’s hard to appreciate the true scale until you get up close. Sad to see the telescope come to an end...

[@islandfd3s]

Goodbye Arecibo, thanks for all the science you guys did over the years.

[@faadujikterujikmaietujikeo5632]

Oh well. It's gone now. :(.

[@dmm8658]

CSIRO... Good on you guys... Thank you for providing this v-tour, I found it very interesting, and now with the destruction of the antenna is a permanent reminder of the wonderful things that people can achieve, as well as the discoveries that were achieved.

[@DasSkelett]

Oh my god, the guide wore a SETI@home shirt 🤩

[@misahohimeima1981]

Fun fact, if you don’t yet know, this thing collapsed a few hours ago

[@DasSkelett]

@@misahohimeima1981 Very fun fact 🙄 Yes I do know, that's why I'm here :/

[@Quesbe]

Oh well. It's gone now. :(.

[@zikzak05]

@InstantMix One of my research interests is the Moon Illusion, where the moon looks bigger on the horizon than when it's high in the sky. If you stand on your head, the illusion disappears! In the dome, you get a sense of vertigo similar to the near-far feeling you get when you look at the moon on the horizon. I wondered what it would look like standing on my head. And indeed, the egg-shaped secondary reflector in the dome looks circular when you do that!

[@Rotoprism]

Hmm, can't imagine why this is being recommended to me right now

[@annarodriguez6808]

I live in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. We are devastated. It was amazing in person. Thank God for the videos and memories 😢😭💔 Hopefully it will come back even better.

[@MIKEZEROH]

goldeneye it is

[@fabianboesch96]

For England James? I want to go there

[@lukmly013]

Did you? Too late

[@fabianboesch96]

@@lukmly013 unfortunatley not😅

[@dlchambers]

This thing is amazing. I was driving south on WV 28 and saw it approaching in the distance, and as you get closer you simply can't believe that so big, especially as it's out in the middle of nowhere

[@kraemers806]

Anybody else here after the collapse?

[@desmond-hawkins]

Just you, ginja bread man.

[@dieglhix]

i can't imagine not seeing russian soldiers with their short submachine guns and alec trevelyan running on these platforms

[@LHeyMX]

Lol I agree, seeing this make me want to pull my Magnum and start shooting Alec's bodyguards with mini uzis Lol

[@dieglhix]

lol.. *Cradle theme plays*

[@kp4md]

Thanks for this tour of the Arecibo Observatory platform. We had to omit that on the day we filmed our tour because the 430 MHz transmitter was operating.

[@justimagine2403]

RIP Dec 01, 2020... more to add to the worst year ever.

[@anikidwolfy]

this needs to be etched in stone so it can be a reminder for hundreds of thousands of years,

[@zapfanzapfan]

R.I.P. Arecibo :-(

[@gringoloc0]

excellent video.... Thanks for the memories.

[@schlenbea]

Whoever he is following has the strangest gait as he walks.

[@woowooNeedsFaith]

It is insane that you could keep that monster up in the air with couple of cables in the first place...

[@curium9622]

Its gone now : (

[@chrisst8922]

You would not get me up there for all the tea in China

[@lukmly013]

*down there

[@IvelLeCog]

This is one of those videos that KZbin was meant for

[@SupaGreenBean]

I'm back. I have a 2 year old comment on this. Gonna make this a bi-annual thing.

[@LyricsOfALifetime]

You never came back. :(

[@SupaGreenBean]

What I would do to take this tour. :D

[@fffffffffffff1]

Very interesting. Thank you for posting

[@onecringymofo]

Its such a shame it collapsed. For all the gamers once in battlefield always in battlefield! At least i can experience this at home this is amazing

[@SueBobChicVid]

Now needs to be re-dubbed with the past tense.

[@GerardHammond]

Yay CSIRO. Australia's forgotten gem

[@pomonabill220]

So very sad that all this wonderful technology is gone. At least no one was injured/killed when the cables let go! Tech can be replaced.... life cannot.

[@dwitcraft]

900 tons, suspended 500 feet in the air. Maybe the next one could be a little lighter? Maybe aluminum? I think when it was built, no one thought it would still be in use 50 years later. Back then we invested in science instead of just weapons.

[@shawnaburns5158]

Imagine the elevator stopping half way up?? Scary

[@Sir.Budman]

The pants have been soiled!

[@tomast9034]

sadly its all history now :/.

[@anshkansara]

same, I'd go to the top and yell "THATS WHERE TREVELYAN FELL! *points to ground*"

[@Mephiston]

Sadly, all you can do now is stand at the side and go "That's where the whole thing fell"

[@rickpederson1219]

a person wonders how many other structures held up by cables are getting tested

[@FlyBMXer4130]

wow GoldenEye: Source really recreated it perfectly

[@dieglhix]

goldeneye Cradle

[@94jonathang]

2:40 Just looking at the view reminds me of the good 'ol days of Goldeneye N64 when you're running around the triangle scared shooting baddies knowing that the game is set to the point that they will kill you with one shot. XD Can you actually take tours as a civillian? Or is this just to see how it feels like? I want to take a friend or something and shoot each other with long range NERF guns or something random. :)

[@anshkansara]

imagine having to film the goldeneye scene there *whistles*

[@curtisstom]

besides in "goldeneye" the radio telescope is also featured in the movie "contact"

[@Macc_]

Eh, they're version is a bit scrunched. The antenna is rather short and the arm doesn't extend out as much as it should. Still, very nice. =)

[@edisonoside]

I would love to ride up to Arecibo..been there but the view wasn't so good for us.

[@antigen4]

been there - done that - was very cool - got to listen to some weirdo transmissions etc

[@patrickbateman2232]

open to the public? it looks the same goldeneye was filmed 20 years ago

[@misahohimeima1981]

If it was open to the public it certainly isn’t now, it collapsed last night.

[@Only1_Rudeboy]

my dream is to walk on there......

[@108Pi]

Did you ever do it?

[@maxtherealone5491]

Rip

[@ralfytm]

The scenes look like from a video game, like half life 2 or something similar, cool :D

[@MrHelmyabdullah]

I heard that this humungus-sized parabolic dish did send a signal in 1976 , am I right ? Till now have yet to receive any signal

[@chasedrgc1223]

For England James?

[@Plane60]

thanks for the video

[@Patnik86]

Aaaand, its ´s gone... may it be rebuilt, harder better faster, stronger

[@toxcicity93]

where nerds and bond fans come together

[@SIX-SH00T3R]

@JerrysTube ; my pc still runs Seti@Home with BOINC 6-something... really cool, and indeed, you can learn a lot from it :)

[@maxtherealone5491]

Looks like the old apature science

[@AceStrife]

Hello youtube algorithm.

[@WolfPlayTV]

Now this Observatory are part of a Map in Battlefield 4!

[@LHeyMX]

You've obviously never played Goldeneye 007 on the N64...

[@1TW1-m5i]

RIP Arecibo. F

[@SamWithTheVan]

Forgot to pick up the body amour

[@Events-And-Places]

very cool

[@MrHelmyabdullah]

What's "their" reply ?

[@noswonky]

RIP

[@InstantMix]

Why does he ask if you have stood on your head?

[@dinkelbergfun6175]

battlefield 4 rogue transmission

[@AlienshateU]

pssst... pulsars are where the supposedly complicated ET messages are hidden in the pulse drifting/quantization/phase memory, pulse nulling, mode switching/memory observed in their broadband synchrotron beams... Jump in now or watch from the sidelines... fallenalien(dot)com

[@hellzone100]

@HenryJonesVictor YEH!!!

[@foom5]

Moment of silence anyone?

[@lukmly013]

Why? Your comment is 7 years old. Without edit. What was the reason?

[@Moggywhitesocks]

SAVE ARECIBO!!!

[@lukmly013]

These comments kill me.

[@MrEditorPro]

I could skate in that.

[@seibastianmustermann1674]

rip

[@SuperDrewFranklinFranchise]

GoldenEye (1995).

[@SwarmofAngryBees]

Looks like Alec Trevelyan hasnt died yet...

[@gtaato]

that came on james bond

[@toxcicity93]

where nirds and bond fans come together

[@TheAnarchyOficial]

He didnt know xd

[@InstantMix]

@zikzak05 Damn , I wanted to pretend I was James Bond :'(

[@grizzjackson]

BF4

[@dakotamackey5170]

The ragged burst specially use because control curiously program midst a discreet tights. ragged, long shampoo

[@hvAnper]

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[@drewh0208]

graffiti 5:14

[@marv15]

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[@zikzak05]

Nope, sorry. :)

[@faadujikterujikmaietujikeo5632]

After the collapse I'm so grateful that this video is on KZbin. At least I can experience it from home

[@t__v_____290]

RIP

[@faadujikterujikmaietujikeo5632]

Oh well. It's gone now. :(.

[@derhesligebonsaibaum]

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