South America's $1BN Desert Megaproject

[@TheB1M]

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[@lasarith2]

I don’t think you mentioned the first light date set for 2028 currently.

[@cranelord]

Im a crane operator and I am extremely jealous of those operators. Once in a lifetime job you could tell your grandchildren about.

[@calhountubbs4031]

Why not be happy for them?

[@cranelord]

@calhountubbs4031 those two thing are not mutually exclusive

[@sshah2545]

Well said

[@premix3663]

i run heavy equipment, and getting the same feeling, how do i sign up for this, sick of moving earth to build track homes, gives me something important to do

[@johnlong7504]

Stay safe!

[@paradox...]

"Extremely Large Telescope" Simple. To the point. I like it.

[@robertheinrich2994]

I wonder what happened to the overwhelmingly large telescope. OWL. 100m diameter mirror. then reduced to approximately what ELT is. just so the acronym became "originally was larger".

[@AvB.83]

Good thing they didn't let the British pick the name, otherwise it would probably be the "Slightly Above Average Telescope". Which would be saat.

[@robertheinrich2994]

@@AvB.83 could you imagine, what would happen, if monty python was tasked to name the telescope?

[@krashd]

@@AvB.83 Still better than the childish way American agencies name things by picking a cool word first and then backronymising it using any relevant sounding words. WOWSER - Western Optical Widescreen Earth Radiotelescope

[@rcsmith8402]

Much like your comment is!😆

[@Tod_oMal]

Please keep track of this development for future videos. It is very interesting. Thanks.

[@46gaba]

11:50 I don’t comment often, but this is an important clarification: radio telescopes do not 'listen' to space-they see it in a different wavelength of light. Radio telescopes are highly specialised instruments that observe the radio portion of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, capturing light at much lower energies than visible light. Our eyes only detect a narrow slice of the EM spectrum, which we perceive as visible light. But there’s so much more beyond that range! Radio waves are much longer wavelengths than visible light, allowing radio telescopes to detect objects and phenomena hidden by cosmic dust that would otherwise obscure our view. This capability lets us peer into regions of space opaque to optical telescopes, like the centres of galaxies or the birthplaces of stars. Radio astronomy has even allowed us to observe some of the earliest structures in the universe, giving us a unique window into the cosmos that goes far beyond what we could see with optical instruments. In short, radio telescopes are seeing devices that reveal a whole universe hidden at radio wavelengths-not listening devices. Hope this helps clarify!

[@christophernolan1399]

Thanks for being the one to write this :)

[@igorzaytsev1616]

Then our ears also see in different wavelength? At some point you call it listening..

[@two2truths]

@@igorzaytsev1616 no.... The ears have absolutely nothing to do with light... Hearing and audio is from molecules in an atmosphere, essentially the air around us, just bumping into each other when a noise is made, until it travels do your ears. Nothing to do with the Electromagnetic-Spectrum Im afraid

[@BartDahneke]

@@igorzaytsev1616 When it is acoustical rather than electromagnetic. Different forms of energy.

[@rowanjones3476]

Both a radio and an optical telescope are using a large surface area to collect sufficient photons from an area of interest to allow us to differentiate some signal of interest from the background noise. As we increase above microwave radio in the 100GHz range to infrared in the low Terahertz range, the waves start to exhibit properties similar to photonics, such as higher energy per photon and stronger interaction with matter. The differences between radio and optical detection are representative of the differences in those properties, and materials/technology at our disposal. It can be helpful to rid oneself of the misconception that there is some fundamental difference between the two by looking at what happens in this transition region and, correspondingly, the Terahertz gap. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation#Terahertz_gap This discrimination between radio and optical is a distinction born of necessity, rather than a fundamental one.

[@2010MConnolly]

Their naming conventions are still easier to understand than most

[@ernesto5855]

Easier than the USB naming "system" for shure.

[@adriantcullysover4640]

But can't they beat Elon Musk at it? 😅

[@Ace.20]

One punch man naming scheme

[@2010MConnolly]

Xbox comes to mind for me, feel sorry for parents at Christmas 😂

[@ebx100]

This is my favorite of all the B1M videos to date. As I'm 68 now, I hope I live to see some of it's first images.

[@Felix-Memoria.]

I hope u will live through many more man!! Its so exciting!!

[@FFMacker]

I will pray for you to see humanity's land on mars

[@bbartky]

💯I love their videos like this one that showcase scientific advances and projects that benefit humanity.

[@TheInselaffen]

I too hope you remain in a state of Low Entropy until First Light and beyond.

[@burt792]

Don't you worry, first light is planned for this decade 👍

[@KurtFernandes]

the editor cooked w this edit 🔥

[@illexsquid]

They had a lot of fun with it. Especially the ✌laser✌ quotes.

[@ovig8917]

Although I am no engineer or scientist, I am jealous of those whom are directly involved with this project. Can only imagine how proud and excited they are to be a part of this. This is the sort of news I wanna see covered on tv.

[@MrPDawes]

Made harder by the altitude. Air is very thin here so they need to carry oxygen with them when working.

[@christophernolan1399]

I live right next to ESO headquarters in Germany. A very cool place and well worth the visit

[@davidisherwood8586]

I was involved with this project, and many of my colleagues are at the UKATC in Edinburgh. It's an amazing project and very challenging!

[@MrFoxxRaven]

Humans are so cool, literally moving mountains to see the stars. ❤

[@the0ne809]

Before this video I had just watched one about nuclear delivery system with the biggest payloads. Humans are weird lol

[@itsame1277]

Very good comment

[@FluffyBunnySlippers]

Seems excessive

[@franug]

Yaay, Chile! As a Chilean who works in infraestructure projects, I've been following your channel for years, so I'm glad to see something in my country showcased❤ great to see you talked about the advances we have in building earthquake-prone infraestructure. It's pretty amazing to see how the Atacama (which I highly recommend visiting btw, especially San Pedro de Atacama) is being turned into a giant science experiment!

[@bbartky]

And thank you to 🇨🇱 and the Chilean people for hosting these world-class telescopes!

[@bimblinghill]

Yours is a lovely country and the Atacama is amazing... particularly the night sky. One look up at night makes it pretty obvious why they build telescopes there!

[@wessthemess117]

What are your thoughts on it being on sacred indigenous land?

[@FluffyBunnySlippers]

How do you like selling your land off to big business?

[@arielbarrera1365]

​@@wessthemess117 are you even aware of the size of the Atacama desert?? is not even a 1% of the desert being used for the telescope.... plus the location is not nearly any town or civilization around... there's nothing sacred around the location

[@myri9886]

Amazing!, This is what makes me proud my country is spending money on.

[@julius9055]

This is literally in a desert though. And your average 100 metre rail tunnel will cause more environmental problems than this.

[@MrFujinko]

Lmao ok, tell that to those dying waiting for artificial organs. I guess we need to see some more of the same stars, but hey, now at more light years away yay.

[@Plasmax-jp6pm]

Javier Milei #1. (I know not chilei)

[@undefined69695]

@@MrFujinko😂ok boomer so no science until world hunger and peace solved, got it 🤡

[@uchiha6284]

​@@julius9055What environmental problem will you cause in a desert🤣😂

[@vitalii-dan]

This is my favorite B1M episode! I'm so glad Europe finally did something so cool! 🌌🇪🇺

[@bigbad25]

Just a small correction this NOT a EU project. This is a ESO project. That's why it has none EU members like the UK and Switzerland. There are 16 members of the ESO

[@stm91]

​​@@bigbad25where did they claim it was the EU? Europe was prefectly correct.

[@darren25061965]

@@stm91Possibly the EU Flag at the end of the comment. Some people think "Europe" and the "EU" are the same thing, when they most certainly are not.

[@burt792]

​@@darren25061965🇪🇺 this is the flag of Europe as in the flag of the European Union AND the flag of the Council of Europe which includes all European countries thay are not currently invading their neighbor.

[@burt792]

The LHC is pretty cool and so was Philae!

[@Centurian123456789]

I bet Fred could level a mountain with those big arms

[@TheB1M]

😂😂😂

[@gitgut4977]

@@TheB1M he just speaks softly to the mountain and he levels itself :D

[@speeddy4231]

@@gitgut4977 did... did you just assume the mountains gender?

[@skipmagil]

I don’t get it

[@soup1029]

Fred is the embodiment of the typical engineer physique. Architects, however…

[@_dreko]

They should've called it the BFT; but, I suppose the ELT is still good.

[@manwiththeredface7821]

I wouldn't be surprised if SpaceX already owned the name BFT.

[@Hertz2pp]

Nah, 2 more sizes to go. THEN BFT or RBFT lol

[@NoGoodVdW]

That reminds me: it's time to go play Quake!

[@tweezerjam]

Big fuckin’ telescope 🤟🏼

[@davidisherwood8586]

Thanks for making this video. I work as an engineer at the UKATC in Edinburgh, where we are designing and manufacturing some of the instruments for this and many other telescopes! It will be great to see more videos like this of other projects, theres alot of cool construction projects ongoing in astronomy currently!

[@daveedscottkorup]

The detail of B1M channel is well done and spotlessly presented. The storytelling and narration sets a standard that inspires. Thank you.

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

8:30 They should call the next one the Biggus Dickus Telescope.

[@davidhutchinson88]

and it shall discover a new black hole... Incontinentia Buttocks.

[@jorgevillavicencio427]

​@@davidhutchinson88😂😂😂😂

[@tommypain]

I was going to go with Biggus Opticus.

[@jondonnelly3]

Intostellasanus

[@Purplecolourblindperson]

Maybe they could see wome from it if they’re lucky.

[@Scott.Lemon.605]

Fred, I'm sure I can speak for a lot of your US viewers when I say thank you. Your channel is a much-needed palate cleanser in the midst of presidential election chaos. Also, the depth and research you put into your videos is superb. Excellent as always, sir!

[@_al_c2638]

just wow, big applause for this project

[@kennethhuggett]

Extremely Large Round of Applause here too

[@ESOobservatory]

Many thanks for such a great video! For those who want to keep up with the construction of the ELT: follow us! We regularly post video updates on our KZbin channel. And yes, what can we say about our telescope naming convention: we keep it simple and to the point :D

[@TheB1M]

Thank you so much for working with us on this guys - you're building an incredible project!!

[@TheChickenlipz87]

Came for construction content, stayed for the Stunning photos of the galaxy with a great soundtrack, well-done guys!

[@tobiwan001]

ESO built the very large telescope. Now they build the Extremely Large Telescope. Looking forward to the Absurdly Large Telescope.

[@TrevorJC]

I loved this video, this is such an interesting project. For me the most interesting aspect was the location. Atacama, Chile is near the Nazca Lines, so it all makes sense!

[@stephenspackman5573]

Drilling big holes, filling them with explosives, lighting the fuse _and running away._ I'm told step 4 is quite important.

[@MrM-h2z]

The only thing that limits humanitys curiosity is money. The world would rather spend trilions towards destruction.. Great video btw!

[@krashd]

Imagine what we will achieve once we're living in a post-money society? Enormous machines building enormous ships to mine asteroids for more raw materials to make more machines and more ships. In the space of a single generation we will likely populate the entire solar system, here's hoping humans survive long enough to achieve it.

[@richardhall5489]

You may be confusing resources with money.

[@kaiplue]

I've been waiting for years about updates on this construction. Oh boy, gunna enjoy watching this one over dinner :)

[@EleanorPeterson]

7:12 - I think it's more like Meccano than LEGO. 😁 And what a great project!

[@jaredcaines6688]

Massive props to the B1M team for the level of humor (sorry, *humour*) in their videos. Laughed out loud twice in a video with a ton of complex and informative content. Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@syntaxerorr]

@13:40 very interesting that you are following KZbin's color change. Where it goes from red to a red/pink color at the far horizonal end of an element.

[@BigDad138]

Playing Pachelbel canon broke me. It was the last song I listened to with my dog as I knew I was gonna have to put him down. Staring at the stars in the video while it played broke my heart but I hope he's up there waiting for me.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I hope you will get to be with him again😊

[@jimscanoe]

He's not "up there waiting"-but I appreciate your sentiment. Don't let silly religious nonsense cover up your honest emotions.

[@asmoto755]

The sudden "off with his heeaaad!!" absolutely sent me 😂 Really cool project, and great editing :D

[@matthewarnold9953]

Feel like I'm the only one excited to see Telescopious Rex taking shape in the coming decades! 😂

[@damilolaakanni]

😂😂

[@muddwhistle7833]

Why do you feel like that, it’s just paranoia brought on by mental or physical abuse at some point in your life, everyone is excited about the T-Rex Telescope, Matthew.

[@shibasurfing]

As a physicist, the beauty this will produce makes me cry with awe. I’m sure I’ll weep again when I see what the ELT reveals. The universe is truly awesome.

[@darkgalaxy5548]

I think it'll reveal turtles, all the way down. 😉

[@timothywachowicz8308]

As an avid stargazer, this was just what I was waiting for!! Thank You for adding Your awesomely special touch!

[@robinhodgkinson]

A little more on active optics… each of the mirror segments “wobble” microscopically in real time under computer control, to compensate for thermal distortion of the light traveling through the atmosphere, thereby correcting the image, which is normally the bane of ground based optical telescopes and essential to such powerful magnifications achievable by the ELT. This negates much of the advantage that space based optical telescopes like Hubble have… or more exactly, had. What amazing technology!

[@DausHMS]

Its called adaptive optics actually. Active optics does exist and in use, but it is used to help maintain the shape of the primary mirror regardless of its orientaion and gravity drop. Active optics and adaptive optics arent the same thing.

[@robinhodgkinson]

@ Thanks for the correction. Thinking adaptive - writing active. Brain fade.

[@BARUtubbig]

I've been there, really wanted to visit the site but it was inaccessible for a good reason. Really beautiful place to visit.

[@ne0tic]

What a project! And amazing production-value too!

[@mf_from_hell]

Tom Scott made a very comprehensive video about this project as well, focusing more on the insane development process of the mirror.

[@giedrewhatnot]

Having been on top of Mauna Kea and numerous telescopes there, this certainly makes it a reason for a long haul flight. Thank you!

[@dragoda]

You did an amazing job with this. Well done! More on these structures and science stuff related constructions:)

[@matrixhelix7607]

Nice video, pls do more videos about spaceconstruction

[@Nevadovski]

Спасибо Тебе, Человечество, за это творение!!! Спасибо автору за интересный сюжет!!!

[@Zylork0122]

Looking forward to the Obnoxiously Large Telescope (OLT) project!

[@AndresFernandez-f3m]

Finally one of the great infrastructure proyect chile has!

[@WizardsLore]

Pachebel's "Canon" married to those images is perfect....i would love them on my wall !!

[@ZER0-C00L]

Pretty wild that this telescope will take over ten years to build.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

The Overwhelming Large Telescope must be built. I love the way astronomers come up with such creative names!

[@akshaykhandve1122]

10:40 that's what I was expecting, a telescope that could look directly for exoplanets. Amazing

[@noremfor]

I love the names that scientists use for their instruments. You'd expect them to be some sort of refined and meaningful thing but nope! Extremely Large Telescope :)

[@henrimichelpierreplana4332]

Thanks for your video, very well done. A small detail, the system described in 10:00 (the laser thing) is adaptive optics (and not active optics). Active optics also exists in the telescope but it deals with the main mirror, maintaining the optimal shape of it.

[@TheInfinityPoint]

Glad someone else noticed. Active optics bends the mirror using pistons to help get rid of certain optical aberrations (astigmatism, coma, spherical aberration), while adaptive optics uses natural guide stars or laser guide stars to correct atmospheric distortion usually around 1000 times/sec.

[@hibiscus_n_gravy]

Mind blowingly complex/advanced optics yet you managed to ELI5 brilliantly. Appreciate you and your channel. Cheers.

[@avi6819]

Oh man, now i want to see the TelescopusRex become a reality.

[@SWOBANDO]

I love it. Humanity, searching for its fellow star dust brethren. Thank you B1M.

[@jascollinscork]

Unbelievable build…… credit to all involved AND the lucky workers 😊

[@NubHazeNL]

I love how you placed some extra humor in this episode!absolutely loved this one!

[@-_marvin_-]

I am extremely, overwhelmingly overwhelmed 🙂

[@Vtarngpb]

I’m definitely rooting for telescope Rex 🔭 🦖

[@Vtarngpb]

I heard that it will be named after the renowned physicist, Dr. Alan Parsons 😉

[@markcliffe7]

First generation Instrument HARMONI is being built here at the Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland

[@urbanstrencan]

Just an amazing project, can't wait to see the first images from it❤❤

[@MortyMortyMorty]

WOW progress looks amazing on the ELT!

[@tengbeng9756]

Finally! A useful megaproject!

[@MuhdIzzatFarhan]

Damn.. the Pachelbel's Canon do fits well with astronomy themed video.

[@EspHack]

"what will you do if you ever get obscenely rich?" fund the OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE telescope, of course

[@george_davituri]

O my god this intro and all other videos are mind blowing, how you managed to create it, all your cinematic effects teamwork is stunning.

[@Mr.Cerera69]

Fred never disappoints with new content. Been digging about this telescope earlier. Can not wait to see first images.

[@matthook2530]

This is a truly epic project which will impact everyone on some level- how amazing!

[@bodegacoast]

This was excellent, first-class narration!

[@simonpuech432]

Incredible video! Loved it !

[@iartbreezy945]

The editor of B1M is just on another level 🔥🔥😭

[@LupinoArts]

Amazing what humankind can achieve when they are working together...

[@FBandSpin]

Extremely Awesome!

[@SamsonOhsem]

World Incredible construction Project.

[@Treegus]

Thanks theb1m

[@ZebraLens]

7:55 I want the Telescopeus Rex ❗😌

[@jaredcaines6688]

I love that the B1M has evolved to a level where they have me laughing out loud 😆👌🏼👏🏼

[@karl7428]

So beautiful. Glad my country is contributing to this wonder

[@chuckclark6162]

The Biggus Dickus reference was exactly what I needed today.

[@ChangingAperture]

The next should definitely be “telescope endgame” 😂😂

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

I love their naming schemes. Please name more things!

[@VeritatisQ]

Man, it would be cool to be involved in the construction of this thing 😌

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[@nickkroeger1]

Didn't think I'd see a Biggus Dickus reference in a B1M video.

[@Z3L33]

Was looking for this comment 😂

[@GazMoby]

Very enjoyable as always 👍

[@EstTheSword]

I like how they name these telescopes sillily. Just like the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico, which is a radio telescope that can span 25 miles.

This is so cool. I don't know why this showed up in my queue but I am glad it did. I was literally =just thinking about driving to Ft Davis Texas to see those telescopes.

[@Andrew19ao]

Some European countries and Chile levelled a mountain

[@itsame1277]

Just amazing. Truly wonderful that countries can come together to learn more about the Universe

[@dvlrnr]

Please pay your video editors more. This sure was an excellent one!

[@ajmk22]

Literally I PAY YOU TUBE not to have ads. And here these channels go throwing in their OWN ads and commercials and sponsors etc that makes them more money I still have to watch. It never changes

[@opetzajebancija1]

Beautifully filmed and explained about the construction and importance of the project for space exploration... The 16 ESO members will spend 1.6 billion dollars, which the members can easily allocate... I live in Croatia, which has 3.6 million inhabitants, and now they will buy 50 Leopard a2a8 for about 1.2 billion €, two years ago 12 Rafale for 1.1 billion €, so what is that not a RICH country.. And public health is going on strike because of poor working conditions and salaries, and everything from MRI to needles is missing :), soon the other public systems will also start :D Your channel is great and I love watching it, keep it up.

[@GeekyMedia]

Love a video set on Tatooine

[@pooc_0294]

I did a "pre scientific paper" on telescopes as part of my A levels in school and when during my research I found out that this thing is being built I thought they were joking. But here we are. Great to see Europe pooling their funds to do crazy stuff like this and many others! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

[@Dyornos]

I'd love b1m visit a company that is building a space station. Cool video!

[@billhayward1585]

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[@jaro551]

Fortunately there's also some good news these days 😄. It's nice to see us work together for something better that isn't just meant to make us richer.

[@itsloganwatchthis]

how do they keep the mirror clean of dust, especially being in a desert?

[@CHRIS-ELID]

I love the Canon song in the end it reminded my late Grandpa who always loves telescoping 🔭 😢

[@Kretion666]

Great video brah!

[@MiroslavDrahos]

Glad to see Czechs hopped on this train, too. Let's see where it takes us as humans. And Canon in D is a perfect music for a video like this, well done!

[@kingk2405]

That is a very good value for such a project .