DIY constructor Mikhail Levchenko ’s homemade backyard lookout station once made a bibulous Russian give up the sauce for good after revealing Saturn ’s ring to him one fateful Nox . Now , the scope , which has been torpid for years , is getting a thrust to be restored and make for back online in time for a full solar eclipse which will be viewable from Levchenko ’s hometown of Barnaul in Siberia . And , of course , to cure more Russian alkies .
World War Two vet Levchenko built the setting from scratch with his bare hand in the 70s - the rickety tower , the assemblies for the 16 - inch crystalline lens , everything . Since his expiry in 2002 , neighbors have had to resist off fight metal collector and salvagers from wrecking the thing as it lay dormant next to Levchenko ’s cabbage field of view . Since western Siberia will be a select take in spot for the eclipse in August , neighbors are hope to restore it in prison term . Best of luck , as anything that can pry a bottle out of an one-time Russian sot ’s hands has get to be pretty damn impressive . [ Reuters ]
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