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Alone On A Mountaintop, Awaiting A Very Hard Rain

Photos, Science, World

Decades ago, Armenian scientists built a high-elevation trap to catch and study cosmic rays. Physics has mostly moved on, but the station persists — a ghost observatory with a skeleton crew.

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Health, Science

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Business, Cities, World

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Psychology, Science

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Photos

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