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[[Image:TheBigEar.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Big Ear in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]]]
[[Image:TheBigEar.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Big Ear in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]]]
[[File:TheBigEar_Map.png|thumb|The Big Ear location]]
[[File:TheBigEar_Map.png|thumb|The Big Ear location]]
'''The Big Ear''' is a large radio telescope located in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]. This enormous structure is a prominent feature of the surrounding desert landscape, and can be seen from miles around. Its emissions are no less gargantuan, apparently powerful enough to cause local children to be born without ears. Planes will sometimes crash into the satellite dish, and one of [[Carl Johnson|CJ]]'s [[Girlfriends in GTA San Andreas|girlfriends]], [[Barbara Schternvart]], will sometimes comment about a plane crash there. It is a parody of the radio astronomy observatory dishes that form the [[wp:Very Large Array|Very Large Array]] in San Agustin, New Mexico, there is only one dish however.  The Big Ear shares the name with a [[wp:SETI|SETI]] project from [[wp:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]] that was designed to search for extraterrestrial radio transmissions.
'''The Big Ear''' is a large radio telescope located in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]. This enormous structure is a prominent feature of the surrounding desert landscape, and can be seen from miles around. Its emissions are no less gargantuan, apparently powerful enough to cause local children to be born without ears. Planes will sometimes crash into the satellite dish, and one of [[Carl Johnson|CJ]]'s [[Girlfriends in GTA San Andreas|girlfriends]], [[Barbara Schternvart]], will sometimes comment about a plane crash there. It is a parody of the radio astronomy observatory dishes that form the [[wp:Very Large Array|Very Large Array]] in San Agustin, New Mexico, there is only one dish however.  The Big Ear shares its name with a [[wp:SETI|SETI]] project from [[wp:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]] that was designed to search for extraterrestrial radio transmissions.


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
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==Items==
==Items==
*[[Thermal Vision|Thermal Vision Goggles]] - Under the satellite, in front of the Sandking
*[[Thermal Vision|Thermal Vision Goggles]] - Under the antenna dish, in front of the Sandking
*[[Parachute]] - On top of the communication aerial (the game will teleport the player if they get close enough)
*[[Parachute]] - On top of the communication aerial (the game will teleport the player if they get close enough)



Revision as of 18:37, 3 December 2010

File:TheBigEar.jpg
The Big Ear in Bone County, San Andreas
File:TheBigEar Map.png
The Big Ear location

The Big Ear is a large radio telescope located in Bone County, San Andreas. This enormous structure is a prominent feature of the surrounding desert landscape, and can be seen from miles around. Its emissions are no less gargantuan, apparently powerful enough to cause local children to be born without ears. Planes will sometimes crash into the satellite dish, and one of CJ's girlfriends, Barbara Schternvart, will sometimes comment about a plane crash there. It is a parody of the radio astronomy observatory dishes that form the Very Large Array in San Agustin, New Mexico, there is only one dish however. The Big Ear shares its name with a SETI project from Ohio State University that was designed to search for extraterrestrial radio transmissions.

Vehicles

  • Sandking - Under the satellite, to the northern part of the platform.

Items

  • Thermal Vision Goggles - Under the antenna dish, in front of the Sandking
  • Parachute - On top of the communication aerial (the game will teleport the player if they get close enough)
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