What are those octagonal structures scattered across the Snowy Mountains?
They are monitoring stations from Snowy Hydro's former cloud-seeding program.
Hikers regularly encounter mysterious octagonal structures dotted across the Snowy Mountains. The octagonal structures are just monitoring stations from a cloud-seeding program.
Snowy Hydro crews shot silver iodide particles into clouds. The particles helped ice crystals form.
This increased rain and snow reaching the program's dams. More than 20 fixed stations measured rainfall, wind and weather patterns.
The program ended last year. The stations remain while Snowy Hydro plans their removal.
- More than 20 fixed locations
- Monitoring stations
- 52 years with Snowy Hydro
- Tony Werrett tenure
- Dandenong
- Tony's birthplace
Why it mattersSolves a long mystery for Snowy Mountains hikers and reveals forgotten infrastructure.
AustraliaThe Snowy Scheme supplies water to millions across southeastern Australia; these structures reveal decades of effort to maximise that flow.
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