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Strange things happen when you drive into Green Bank, West Virginia. Radio stations become far than in other places. Your mobile phone becomes useless. If you want to make a , you can use the phone booth (电话亭) at the edge of the town. Going to Green Bank is travelling back in time. There is no mobile phone service and no Wi-Fi. Welcome to the Quiet Zone.
There is a reason for the silence in Green Bank. You'll see it as you drive into the area. It's a radio telescope towers 71485 feet above the town. It was in the 1950s. The government created the National Radio Quiet Zone to protect it.
The radio telescope is one of the largest moving things on Earth. Scientists use to search for radio waves stars and planets. One of its main jobs is to listen for life somewhere in the universe. Kids in Green Bank aren't cut off from the world. Home computers are connected to the Internet, the speed is slow. A video can take several minutes to load. For most people, that's just fine. Green Bank is in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. Kids can spend time for pets or farm animals.
