Air Force Now - Solar Observatory Station at North West Cape
Sunrise & solar flares. Large radar dish w/ sunshine coming through. Learmonth Solar Observatory Station in North West Cape, Australia seen from ground & air - run by Air Weather Service. Capt. Ken Eis SOF to camera.
09:09:55 MCU Australian & American flags side by side. Data storage tape, inside observatory at console w/ map on wall. Man plotting data; machines & data being printed. Solar flares.
09:10:53 Australian physicist, David Cornelius, SOF explains difference between optical telescope & radio telescope: Radio dish antenna raised. Analyst monitors chart. Images from optical telescope - sun surface & flares.
09:11:38 Data on screen; plotting, sending out data on computer. Office in US receiving data. Drawing chart on blackboard in office. Maintenance work on radio telescope. Flares & radar views on monitors. Views of telesopes.
Technology; Military Weather Forcasting; 1980ca;
Air Force Now - Solar Observatory Station at North West Cape Sunrise & solar flares. Large radar dish w/ sunshine coming through. Learmonth Solar Observatory Station in North West Cape, Australia seen from ground & air - run by Air Weather Service. Capt. Ken Eis SOF to camera. 09:09:55 MCU Australian & American flags side by side. Data storage tape, inside observatory at console w/ map on wall. Man plotting data; machines & data being printed. Solar flares. 09:10:53 Australian physicist, David Cornelius, SOF explains difference between optical telescope & radio telescope: Radio dish antenna raised. Analyst monitors chart. Images from optical telescope - sun surface & flares. 09:11:38 Data on screen; plotting, sending out data on computer. Office in US receiving data. Drawing chart on blackboard in office. Maintenance work on radio telescope. Flares & radar views on monitors. Views of telesopes. Technology; Military Weather Forcasting; 1980ca;