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Bad weather at FTS
Just in case you were wondering if there was a conspiracy and FT South
was being used for top secret observations, but appearing to be
offline, here are some of the latest pictures. This latest run of bad
weather is not a hoax, as you can see the height of the Australian
winter has decorated FTS with snow!
Snow and Ice at FTN
Many schools have been asking why FTN is not operational because of some ice on the enclosure. To illustrate the extent of the problem, this photo was taken from one of the neighbouring buildings to FTN.
Bad weather at FTN
Maui is being pelted with bad weather at present.
Mark Elphick, the FTN Telescope manager, took the footage from the summit of Haleakala a few hours ago.
Sorry to everyone who is booked on the telescope for the next couple of days, it looks like the weather will be stopping observations.
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