So you've 'seen' the black hole. Now for the interesting bit – how all that raw data was stored
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/12/heliumfilled_disk_drives_stored_black_hole_data/
The black hole image released yesterday needed over a thousand helium-filled disk drives to record it.
Regular drives were tried and tested but failed due to air pressure at the high altitudes of the radio telescope sites.
So you've 'seen' the black hole. Now for the interesting bit – how all that raw data was stored
Apr 12, 2019, 9:25am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/12/heliumfilled_disk_drives_stored_black_hole_data/
> The black hole image released yesterday needed over a thousand helium-filled disk drives to record it.
> Regular drives were tried and tested but failed due to air pressure at the high altitudes of the radio telescope sites.