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Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {4214} Re: Study finds Earth's coldest, driest place
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:00:45 -0500
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Hey, I get 1 a week. lol
Consider it a public service...
----- Original Message -----
From: ed<mailto:ber..._at_netaxs.com>
To: tscm-..._at_googlegroups.com<mailto:tscm-..._at_googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:35 AM
Subject: [TSCM-L] {4214} Re: Study finds Earth's coldest, driest place
And exactly how this is related to TSCM, security, or espionage?
Any estimates on Onion's s/n ratio?
Quoting Its from Onion <areda..._at_msn.com<mailto:areda..._at_msn.com>>:
> SYDNEY (UPI) -- Australian and U.S. astronomers looking for the best
> observatory site in the world have found the coldest, driest and calmes=
t
> place on Earth in the Antarctic.
>
> The astronomers combined data from satellites, ground stations and clim=
ate
> models to assess the many factors affecting astronomy -- cloud cover,
> temperature, sky-brightness, water vapor, wind speeds and atmospheric
> turbulence.
>
> The site, known as "Ridge A," is located at an altitude of 13,297 feet =
on the
> Antarctic Plateau. No human is thought to have ever been there since it=
is
> not only particularly removed, but extremely cold and dry. The study re=
vealed
> "Ridge A" has an average winter temperature of minus 94 degrees Fahrenh=
eit
> and the atmospheric water content is sometimes less than the thickness =
of a
> human hair.
>
> "It's so calm that there's almost no wind or weather there at all," sai=
d Will
> Saunders of the Anglo-Australian Observatory and visiting professor at =
the
> University of New South Wales, who led the study.
>
> "The astronomical images taken at Ridge A should be at least three time=
s
> sharper than at the best sites currently used by astronomers," he said.
> "Because the sky there is so much darker and drier, it means that a
> modestly-sized telescope there would be as powerful as the largest tele=
scopes
> anywhere else on Earth."
>
>
>
> >
>
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<DIV>Hey, I get 1 a week. lol</DIV>
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<DIV>Consider it a public service...</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:ber..._at_net=
axs.com
href="mailto:ber..._at_netaxs.com">ed</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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9 1:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [TSCM-L] {4214} Re: Study=
finds
Earth's coldest, driest place</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>And exactly how this is related to TSCM, security, or=
espionage?<BR><BR>Any estimates on Onion's s/n ratio?<BR><BR><BR>Quoting =
Its
from Onion <<A title=mailto:areda..._at_msn.com
href="mailto:areda..._at_msn.com">areda..._at_msn.com</A>>:<BR><BR>>
SYDNEY (UPI) -- Australian and U.S. astronomers looking for the best<BR>&=
gt;
observatory site in the world have found the coldest, driest and
calmest<BR>> place on Earth in the Antarctic. <BR>> <BR>> The
astronomers combined data from satellites, ground stations and climate<BR=
>>
models to assess the many factors affecting astronomy -- cloud cover,<BR>=
>
temperature, sky-brightness, water vapor, wind speeds and atmospheric<BR>=
>
turbulence. <BR>> <BR>> The site, known as "Ridge A," is located at=
an
altitude of 13,297 feet on the<BR>> Antarctic Plateau. No human is tho=
ught
to have ever been there since it is<BR>> not only particularly removed=
, but
extremely cold and dry. The study revealed<BR>> "Ridge A" has an avera=
ge
winter temperature of minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit<BR>> and the atmosph=
eric
water content is sometimes less than the thickness of a<BR>> human hai=
r.
<BR>> <BR>> "It's so calm that there's almost no wind or weather th=
ere
at all," said Will<BR>> Saunders of the Anglo-Australian Observatory a=
nd
visiting professor at the<BR>> University of New South Wales, who led =
the
study. <BR>> <BR>> "The astronomical images taken at Ridge A should=
be
at least three times<BR>> sharper than at the best sites currently use=
d by
astronomers," he said.<BR>> "Because the sky there is so much darker a=
nd
drier, it means that a<BR>> modestly-sized telescope there would be as=
powerful as the largest telescopes<BR>> anywhere else on Earth." <BR>&=
gt;
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > <BR>>
<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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