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"Adventure park"

jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:12:37 MST

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They've been building this down the street from the research park for the last few months. It's supposed to be for kids, but hell - I'd try it!

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:12:22 MST

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Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein

jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:12:06 MST

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A few of the observatories and more interesting buildings in the research park where I work. Pretty sure they all belong to the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam.

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:59 MST

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Radio observatory

jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:50 MST

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I think this is an early radio observatory. Sadly it was disused and unmaintained during DDR times and is now rather decrepit.

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:36 MST

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:22 MST

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Einsteinturm

jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:11:09 MST

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This was constructed in the 1920s specifically to verify Einstein's general relativity. There's actually a neat animation of it on Youtube - search for "Einsteinturm."

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:54 MST

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:46 MST

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:36 MST

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I love the tilework on this one.

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:18 MST

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There are at least seven telescopes on campus. This building has three of them (one is behind the trees on the left.) I don't know how many are still actively used - nights are fairly bright up here.

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:12 MST

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:10:05 MST

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:09:58 MST

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Model satellite

jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:09:51 MST

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This is a model of the CHAMP satellite the GFZ sent up a few years ago. It's purpose is to take high-accuracy gravity and magnetic field measurements for geodesical mapping. It's not quite state-of-the-art anymore but it's still very good. Now on year eight of its five-year mission.

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jay200mph — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:09:45 MST

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