Magnetometer as art.

Located here in Nain sits a Magnetometer that runs parallel with the more elaborate Nutron monitor.

Monday morning I received an e mail asking me to check the Magnetometer computer as the data flow had stopped.

On visiting the site and after checking the computer I decided to walk around and inspect the actual magnetometer.

The pictures blow is what I found. The magnetometer itself usually has a strong wooden box positioned over it. The box had been removed and someone took great care and not a little imagination to crate this art piece.

Quite bizzaro really, all sorts of trash consisting of metal, wood, mushroom, bits of cloth and rock and plastic.

I reported the breach of the security fence and vandalism to the appropriate authorities.

After some time passed and some adjustments to software and such by the scientists down in Minnesota it was determined that no real damage was done to the magnetometer, this time.