Guizhou's Pingtang County: home to China's FAST-Xinhua

Guizhou's Pingtang County: home to China's FAST

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2025-04-15 19:14:03

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 19, 2025 shows tourists visiting a natural depression in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

A woman tidies up a room in a sci-fi style homestay in Kedu Town of Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Feb. 19, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows a view of Kedu Town, an astronomy-themed town, in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A tourist visits a natural depression in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Feb. 19, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A tourist visits a VR experience hall at an astronomy-themed town in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Feb. 18, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

People watch a digital dome screen film at an experience planetarium of an astronomy-themed town in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A tourist visits an experience planetarium at an astronomy-themed town in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows a view of Kedu Town, an astronomy-themed town, in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

Tourists visit a natural depression in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Feb. 19, 2025.

Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Pingtang County features higher terrain in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with a relative elevation difference of over 1,000 meters.

With over 2,455.23 square kilomoters of karst landscape, Pingtang County is also home to China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)