Off Topic Thursday – Cool Photo

This is a photo I took during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. It shows the video link from a helicopter camera hovering over the Olympic Stadium. If you look at the TV screen you can actually see the lines marking the side of the stadium. The photo was taken on the night of the Closing Ceremony, on top of Auburn Hospital. The dish was being used to receive analog TV signals, and feed them back to the International Broadcast Centre.

During the Sydney Olympics, there were six of these dishes at Auburn Hospital, and another six on the top of the University of New South Wales to provide the required coverage.