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| Above, the Sunspot Solar Observatory produces some of the sharpest images of the sun. This one was taken by me. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
After being closed since September 6, the Sunspot Solar Observatory is set to reopen today.
Fox News reported:
A New Mexico observatory that was temporarily shut down over an undisclosed security issue is set to reopen Monday after its closure sparked wide-ranging theories, officials said.
The Sunspot Solar Observatory, located near the Sacramento Mountains, no longer faces a security threat to staff, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) said in a statement Sunday. The facility had been closed since Sept. 6.
“Given the significant amount of publicity the temporary closure has generated, and the consequent expectation of an unusual number of visitors to the site, we are temporarily engaging a security service while the facility returns to a normal working environment,” the statement said.
It’s unclear what the security threat to the observatory was. The FBI referred all questions to the association.
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