Josh13h ago
Event Horizon Telescope

This feathered visitor recently stopped by the IRAM 30-m telescope to assist with EHT observations.

The bird had gotten lost in the fog and appeared at the control room door- more than 1,500 meters above its usual habitat.

After a brief "internship," it was safely released back into nature the next morning.

#M87MOVIE

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Show threadGinevraCat14h ago
@ehtelescope I haven't seen a hoepoe for AGES. Love these.
Show threadTajuyan Tachyon4h ago

@GinevraCat @ehtelescope I only one time saw one in my whole lifespan, in La Palma Island.
Hypothesis: these crazy creatures are astro addicted too.

Btw Star Island La Palma: Starmus Festival speaker lineup is out now, highest nobel laureate density outside Oslo. La Palma + Tenerife, oct 17-22. Last years event was inspiring. Free entrance, visitor regiatration at starmus.com.
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Show threadGinevraCat3h ago
@TajuyanTachyon @ehtelescope Wow. That sounds amazing.
Show threadcalvin 🛋️ 14h ago
@ehtelescope was that the source of the 'chirps'?
Show thread~n13h ago
@ehtelescope Someone looks not very pleased. 😅
Someone looks ~caught~
Show threadThe 54 Studio 🪩🕺🏻💊👃🍬11h ago
@ehtelescope @blogdiva The bird kept reporting “oop oop oop” for all of its observations, which either shows it learned a lot in its internship or learned nothing at all.
Show threadRich Holmes10h ago
@ehtelescope Better than the opossum we had dropping in at SLAC and trying to steal our garbage.
Show threadJordi (Tubal Hippy)7h ago

@doctroid @ehtelescope

ASTRO TRASH BABY ❤️

Show threadMarianne4h ago
@ehtelescope a hoopoe!