[Chaos-l] telescope (on of the tops) of the world

[Tony Rice]

Thats Gornergrat all right.  Also equipped with a patio where the wine flows.

-Tony
rtphokie at gmail.com


On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Robert Nielsen wrote:

> I'm going to guess that is on top of the Gornergrat, am I right? Even better, you can ride a train up to it!
> 
> But it is definitely not possible to see Matterhorn like that all the time. In fact, the joke in Switzerland is that there are a fleet of helicopters on call for the tourist bureau to take photos when things look that great!
> 
> Robert
> 
> On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Tony Rice <rtphokie at gmail.com (mailto:rtphokie at gmail.com)> wrote:
> 
> > A friend of mine just returned from a vacation in Switzerland. He
> > shared this photo with me (linked below), thought CHAOS folks might
> > appreciate it as well. It's the highest hotel in the Swiss Alps and
> > has a nice view of the Matterhorn. One of the hotel's towers has a
> > 1.5 m infrared telescope, the other has a 3 m radio telescope. Each
> > is operated by a university and are open to tours.
> > 
> > http://i.imgur.com/OkapJ.jpg
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