Watch A Mountaintop Blow Up Live For Astronomy Tomorrow

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Artist’s conception of the E-ELT (left) and Very Large Telescope compared with the Giza Pyramids. Credit: ESO

While we space geeks are lucky enough to watch rocket launches regularly, it’s not often we get to see a mountain top being blown off for the sake of astronomy!

Tomorrow, the European Southern Observatory plans an event centered on a blast on Cerro Armazones, a 3,060-meter (10,000-foot) mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The goal is to make way for construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope, which as its name implies will be a monster of an observatory. Read below for details on how to watch live.

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