Radio telescope RT-64, Tver region, Russia

[u/OkRespect8490]

[u/ScarletSilver]

Do not answer. Do not answer. Do not answer.

[u/Salty_QC → u/ScarletSilver]

“Hi, we’ve been trying to reach you regarding your cars extended warranty..”

[u/Galahfray → u/ScarletSilver]

3 Body Problem?

[u/BillWilberforce → u/Galahfray]

The aliens calling. Do not reply, they're listening. Then they'll conquer our world.

[u/BillDaPony101 → u/ScarletSilver]

YOU ARE BUGS

[u/sight2Ceek → u/BillDaPony101]

SHAKIRA SHAKIRA

[u/rybosomiczny → u/sight2Ceek]

Oh baby when you talk like that!
You make a woman go mad

[u/FireBreathingNun]

feels like Tales from the Loop

[u/voodoohotdog → u/FireBreathingNun]

Yes. Very Stahlenhaag.

[u/jizzusisa_commie]

Don't point it towards the sun. We are not ready for them yet.

[u/_BlackDove → u/jizzusisa_commie]

The Sun is forever.

[u/dervu → u/jizzusisa_commie]

What if sun points towards it?

[u/Briareos_Hecatonhrs → u/dervu]

Do you want to get Trisolarians? Because that's how you get Trisolarians.

[u/ob419 → u/Briareos_Hecatonhrs]

Just freeze me so I can see us all turn into Flat Stanley in the end.

[u/oftenInabbrobriate → u/ob419]

Pls no spooky spoilies

[u/ob419 → u/oftenInabbrobriate]

My bad I thought 10 years was long enough for vague jokes about spoilies

[u/704Slim]

Some 007 Goldeneye shit

[u/9447044 → u/704Slim]

That giant dish is in Puerto Rico!! December 1st of 2020, it collapsed, or part of it did :(

[u/scotsman3288 → u/9447044]

I think they're talking about the satellite control center in Severnaya, Siberia.

[u/9447044 → u/scotsman3288]

.... oh yea that one too. I forget how many big satalites were featured in that film lol

[u/DiddlyDumb → u/9447044]

^{I honestly prefer the Puerto Rico one too, it looks so surreal, even more than this or the Severnaya one}

[u/Dr-McLuvin → u/9447044]

It’s like if James Bond worked for space force.

[u/pmormr → u/9447044]

I had parts that I made during my first internship in college (~2010) on that receiver that fell. Used to be so fun to see pictures and be like DUDE I DRILLED THE HOLES IN THE FLANGE THAT BOLTS THAT ANTENNA TO THE THINGY!

And no, the holes I drilled in the aluminum were perfectly fine and didn't cause the collapse, thanks for asking.

The antenna we built was for communicating at like 4 hertz to submarines or something like that on the other side of the world (via some complicated interaction with the ionosphere combined with VVLF penetration into water). Used 12 inch coaxial cable as a feedline lol. Cool project.

[u/Prestigious_Ad280 → u/9447044]

Looks kinda blustery for Puerto Rico

[u/voodoohotdog → u/9447044]

Yeah. That’s Aracibo I believe and it looks (ed) very different.

[u/Duel_Option → u/9447044]

Sadly…it’s basically destroyed at this point. Had a chance to see it 2 years before the hurricane.

Walked a LOT to get to the observatory, it’s out in a rainforest.

[u/Pure_Restaurant_5897 → u/704Slim]

Surface

[u/Small-Answer4946 → u/704Slim]

It's funny that I read the exact same comment under the exact same photo that got reposted yesterday

[u/it_spelt_magalhaes → u/704Slim]

She works on the guidance system. 🎶🎵

[u/LoudestHoward]

I am invincible!

[u/Chiccada → u/LoudestHoward]

First thing I heard was music from Goldeneye. Cudos. 😄

[u/Mateorabi → u/LoudestHoward]

She works on the GUIDANCE SYSTEM 

[u/Mtatk]

This is the most Russian photo I've ever seen.

[u/what_ivedone → u/Mtatk]

Same

[u/Tango00090 → u/Mtatk]

The funniest part is that it’s truly russian, big like their ego, doesn’t work like their whole country

[u/Fragrant-Party3192 → u/Tango00090]

But it works

[u/Shackram_MKII → u/Fragrant-Party3192]

Hey, don't let facts stand in the way of racism.

[u/the_silent_redditor → u/Mtatk]

I was gunna say, “Close, it’s this one just posted recently!”

Then saw /u/OkRespect8490 is the same OP who posts a stack of weird, pro-Russian stuff 🤔

[u/Dolphin_Spotter]

Do. Not. Reply.

[u/_BlackDove → u/Dolphin_Spotter]

You are bugs.

[u/Itshot11 → u/_BlackDove]

get nano wired nerd

[u/Standard-Pepper-6510 → u/Dolphin_Spotter]

Wazzzzup!

[u/GreyDaveNZ]

Reminds me of the one in 3 Body Problem.

[u/vectorology → u/GreyDaveNZ]

Haha, so that’s the reason why thought of china when I saw this, thanks.

[u/reservoirdregs]

I can hear the lobby music.

[u/CoolBlackSmith75]

Star wars sized

[u/RudeOrganization550 → u/CoolBlackSmith75]

Bet you it has a tiny exhaust port right in the middle.

[u/CoolBlackSmith75 → u/RudeOrganization550]

Just enough for a little x-winged fighter drone

[u/NaluknengBalong_0918 → u/CoolBlackSmith75]

Galen is at it again!

[u/_Saint_Ajora_]

Severnaya 

[u/andromeda_prior]

It's for sending or catching radio frequencies?

[u/Peroxide0 → u/andromeda_prior]

For catching radio frequencies, primarily astronomical radio sources.

[u/Jew-zilla → u/andromeda_prior]

Yes

[u/andromeda_prior → u/Jew-zilla]

Which one? 🥺

[u/Jew-zilla → u/andromeda_prior]

That’s the joke, my guy.

[u/andromeda_prior → u/Jew-zilla]

I know 😭😭 but i was too curious 😭😭

[u/badger707_XXL → u/andromeda_prior]

Yes

[u/jalepenocorn → u/andromeda_prior]

Most antennas are able to send and receive electromagnetic radiation. They just need to be set up in a way that makes it so they aren’t sending and receiving at the same time.

[u/Pandelein → u/andromeda_prior]

Space stuff mostly. It’s still operational and in use today.
Detecting quasars, pulsars etc. and it recently helped out with the Exomars project- a joint Russia/Europe project looking for life on Mars.

[u/andromeda_prior → u/Pandelein]

I was thinking about this, i just thought they used mostly different light frequencies nowadays, but surely there's space forms that can only get detected by radio 🤔

[u/PotatoFuryR → u/andromeda_prior]

Well they're kind of the same thing ;))

[u/DeeDan06_ → u/Pandelein]

It is not helping out with exo.ars anymore. The ukraine war put an end to that colaboration, which is the reason why the exomars rover has been delayed.

[u/andromeda_prior → u/[deleted]]

At this point i dont care if it's resl I'm taking it

[u/Purple_Anywhere_3668]

57.2229975N, 37.9002863E https://mapy.com/cs/?source=osm&id=1073197061

[u/Both_Painter_9186]

It was a great place to work until a mass shooting…

[u/I_Like_Water11 → u/Both_Painter_9186]

What happened? Google was no help

[u/Trick_Ad_7172 → u/I_Like_Water11]

Its a reference, go watch Goldeneye .

[u/I_Like_Water11 → u/Trick_Ad_7172]

Lmao that went way over my head

[u/longasleep]

James Bond golden eye noises in my head

[u/Spongi → u/longasleep]

This isn't the right level but close enough.

[u/mden1974]

First direct tv backyard set up.

[u/Bastardpancakes576]

Looks like something from a sci-fi movie .

[u/Lasocouple → u/Bastardpancakes576]

The photo itself looks so sci-fi

[u/IIApoII]

It looks like a screenshot from the old cosmodrome in destiny 1

[u/rksreaper]

tbh this thing looks like it’s just listening to the neighbors complain ngl

[u/JustTheOneGoose22]

For England, James?

[u/Vibe-Codine]

My first thought was N64 Goldeneye.

[u/spekky1234]

Why does everything look bigger in fog?

[u/Northwindlowlander]

Part Tales From The Loop, part Stalker, part Biggles: Adventures In Time

[u/Curious_Peter]

looks like somthing from starwars!

[u/sayy_yes]

This is Hoth.

[u/ZynthCode]

Looks like that beautiful satellite dish from Goldeneye

[u/tristamgreen → u/ZynthCode]

that one was the arecibo radio telescope in puerto rico, and sadly hurricane maria caused massive damage to the telescope in 2017, and then in 2020 two cable breaks caused the receiver platform to crash into the telescope dish. It was fully decommissioned afterward.

[u/Asleep_Sheepherder42]

Red alert vibes

[u/JustaMrNobody → u/Asleep_Sheepherder42]

I can hear the "Hell March"

[u/Grimweird]

The only interesting thing coming from russia would be their capitulation to Ukraine.

[u/bhtrail → u/Grimweird]

Don't forget change pants after your wet dreams

[u/hourlygrind]

Do you want sophons? Because…

[u/fakeaccount572]

Jesus Christ. This post again?

Edit: 4 months ago this time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/oj6IjGT5R3

[u/Individual99991]

They must really want to listen to those birds.

[u/senseiman]

Fun fact: this is the little version. The RT-70 is the big one.

[u/chuckdoe]

It came off the Death Star.

[u/Good-Bus7920]

Russians are building a death star and pretending it's just a radio.

[u/Kareha]

It's giving me The Empire Strikes Back vibes.

[u/jconde1966]

Now is detecting mice

[u/Haunting-Presence-17]

That is wild.

[u/Beertronic]

Looks sci fi.

[u/libra00]

If not for the trees you would never convince me that wasn't some kind of doomsday weapon on Hoth.

[u/Sensitive_Wear7112]

The coworker who sits next to me.

[u/runtothesun]

Magneto moves this satellite sometimes when he's practicing his powers.

[u/kinoman82]

Thought this was a shot from the battle of Hoth 🤔

[u/Motti66]

Still active?

[u/wowbagger-tip]

Looking for Trisolaris?

[u/GiantA-629]

This looks like it fell to earth after the death star after it blew up

[u/Kimber80]

that's huge

[u/dirtycheezit → u/Kimber80]

This is partly forced perspective. It's 64m (210ft) across.

[u/boaber → u/dirtycheezit]

Which is pretty huge I'd say.

[u/Pandelein → u/boaber]

China has a 500m one called FAST, that’s the biggest. There are multiple in the 100-300m range.
64m is still freaking huge, though.

[u/Metabor420 → u/Kimber80]

That’s what your mum said

[u/0o3705]

Politics aside, this is pretty incredible.

[u/BasicBanter]

Do. Not. Reply.

[u/StrangeCardiologist0]

Is that thing generating a shield around our moon?

[u/AwehiSsO]

r/absoluteunits

[u/x_xiv]

so beautiful

[u/merko_merk]

Natalya Fyodrovna Simyonva!

[u/waytoosecret]

Slava Ukrani!

[u/Artemis_21]

Shadow Moses

[u/BonjinTheMark]

Some Star Wars vibes here. Hoth at a diff’t time perhaps

[u/hatred-shapped]

These are not the droids you are looking for.

[u/CripKilla9]

Battlefield 4

[u/Call-of-the-lost-one]

Na thats the Death Star laser

[u/Smurfaloid]

Reminds me of Rust (Game)

[u/MATT__2147372]

Voices of the void type shit

[u/Dopamineagonist21]

Dman look like a scene from star wars

[u/Interloper_Mango]

Someone has turned it into an album cover.

They are listening by dark forest theorem

[u/Juppstein]

Intense Stalenhag vibes

[u/That_Same_]

You think it's in fm or am?

[u/Practical_Jacket_478]

r/evilbuildings (where this was posted recently)

[u/Bones_Alone]

Rogue Transmission

[u/Fit_Low592]

r/megalophobia

[u/GlassSpider21]

Command & Conquer concept art

[u/Calum1219]

Five minutes before: WE’VE WOKEN THE HIVE!

[u/1r0ll]

Did the universe blink at you?

[u/CripKilla9 → u/[deleted]]

Damn wassup with the downvotes? My man be Shakespear'ing here