Observatorio de Arecibo
Brandon Stephens,
Marion Smith,
Alan Cressler
On the way to meet Pat, John, and Don near the Rio Camuy park
we stopped at the Arecibo Observatory. We turned off our cell phones, paid our
$4 ($2 for Marion) and walked through the visitors center to the observation
deck. The largest radio telescope on Earth wasn’t that impressive. It didn’t
seem as large as it looked in Goldeneye. We drove over to meet them at Loundes
Bakery and I bought an apple turnover and a coconut square. We then drove up
and down a nearby road to determine the easiest way to access Sumidero Rio Camuy,
supposedly where the Rio Camuy enters the cave system. We ended up machete’ing
a trail down to the river. Alan and I had originally thought it was a
spring so I had brought my dive mask. It ended up being a swallow hole.
Like most swallow holes, it was filled with garbage, branches, trees, and
organic debris. I machete’d a trail up the other side of the valley to
check out a cave that hadn’t been visited in 25 years.
To Cueva Ojo de Aguila
By
Brian Killingbeck
©
2005
Back to Puerto Rico
Fotos de Observatorio de
Arecibo
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Arecibo Observatory |
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The largest radio telescope in the world operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere center and cornell university. |
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Arecibo Observatory |
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They claim that it weighs 300 tons and has 38,778 aluminum panels. |
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Sumidero |
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Water feeds into the Rio Camuy system through this swallow hole. |
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Taken by
Brian Killingbeck
Taken by Alan Cressler
By
Brian Killingbeck
©
2005
Back to Puerto Rico
