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900-Ton Telescope Destroyed After Crashing at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
December 4, 2020
Stunning drone footage captures the moment one of the world’s largest telescopes collapses to the ground. The 900-ton telescope came crashing down at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, just seconds after the supporting cables snapped. The high tech telescope has appeared in a number of movies, most famously in the climax of the James Bond film “Goldeneye.” And a high school football player in Texas tackled a referee after the ref had ejected him from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct.