Research Paper On Arecibo Puerto Rico

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” –(Lao Tzu). When people think about journeys… they imagine the greatest adventure in the world. A place where people and families can ignore real life for a while, and concentrate on the beauty of nature. A journey where they can explore the outdoors, and fulfill their learning experience. Families traveling look for this kind of joy and dreamlike journey… and they can find it! It all starts in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, at a place called Arecibo planetarium.
A journey where you can ignore real life for a while is what most people fantasize when wanting to escape life's troubles. Watching the tall brown trees with the lemon green leaves, can help you concentrate on the captivating nature of the journey. When entering the observatory visitors have to pass through one security, which is right at the entrance. Before the polite police man with his shiny bright smile, announce that all cell phones and electronics must be turned off, due to the fact that electronics interferes with the satellite. When guest have passed trough security they have to follow a 1 minute trail which leads to the parking lot of the …show more content…
Inside you see all the planets hanging from the ceiling and it looks exactly like space. All around the inside are activities that have to do with radio astronomy, ionospheric study and research. (Zimmerman, R.K. 1997, 06). There is one activity that seems to be more liked by people then the rest. The purpose of the activity is to feel how gravity pulls, and so you get on it and it spins the person around and all it needs is just a little tiny push when it's already spinning you like crazy. All the activities help you gain extra knowledge about outer space and trust that when people get there and finish the whole tour they will have fuller knowledge about astronomy, space and