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Author:  Molly [ Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:41 pm ]
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Amazing Photos at link!

The £135 million 'alien scanner': Incredible gallery shows how Chinese engineers turned a remote area into the 'world's largest radio telescope'
By Sophie Williams for MailOnLine | September 8, 2016

• World's largest radio telescope, situated in China's Guizhou province, is set to begin operating this month
• Stunning photos show the entire process which involved turning the remote area into the giant telescope
• Project aims to search for signals to understand origin of the universe and hunt for extra-terrestrial life
• Telescope in mountainous Guizhou Province has a diameter of 1,640 feet and is the size of 30 football fields


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China is preparing to unveil the world's largest telescope which is due to be put into operation at the end of September.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoples ... scope.html

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