Mountaintop Blown Up For Giant Telescope
4,370 views · Published 23 March 2012 · 1:38 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2012 · Science & Technology
The Giant Magellan telescope will be built atop a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. The mutinational GMTO corporation lined the top with explosives and lit the fuse on March 23, 2012 to make way for the large scope.
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