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Elka Hills
A wide and uninterrupted view of Udhagamandalam and the Lovedale Valley can be had from here.
Snowden Peak
Situated on the Kothagiri Road, it offers a picturesque view of Mysore.
Law's falls (7 km)
It is situated in the Ghat RF of Coonoor forest range and the drop of 180 feet is a sight to see. St. Catherine Falls (8 km) The environ of the falls has a beautiful scenery.
Stone House
This house was built by John Sullivan. It was occupied by the Principal of the Govt. Art College. The tribals called it as Kal Bangla (stone bungalow).
Black Thunder
Asia's No. 1 Water Theme Park - Black Thunder, is set at the foothills of the gigantic Nilgris and 50 kms from Ooty. It is a thrilling and adventures water theme park at Mettupalayam. The water theme park is spread over 65 acres of land with green hills as backdrop and full of coconut and arecanut trees is a pleasant atmosphere. This park has adventurous water games and land games.
Hindusthan Photo Films
The HPF, one of the major industrial units ot the district, is a public sector enterprise. This unit is located (about 5 Km away from Ooty railway station) over a sprawling area of over 300 acres, near the Ooty golf-links on the Ooty- Mysore road. The HPF was inaugurated by Mrs. Indra Gandhi, Prime Minister, in January, 1967. This industrial unit is currently producing Indu roll films which are used for taking photographs; Indu X-ray films, the quality of which is acknowledged to be among the best in the world; Indu bromide paper on which photographs are printed; and Induaerographic for geological and defence mapping, industrial X - ray film, laser recording film, CAT film, special film for space photography, oscilloscope direct print paper, photo typesetting paper and range of chemicals for the film processing.
Cosmic Ray Laboratory
Cosmic rays are charged particles coming from outisde the earth's atmosphere and its energy varies from around 10^6 degree e V to around 1021e V. Cosmic Rays were discovered by victor by gictor hess, an Austrian Scientist in 1912 and he was awarded the noble prize in physics for this discovery, twenty four years later. Cosmic rays from a very important constituent not only of our own galaxy but of the entire universe. Cosmic rays are charged particles coming from outisde the earth's atmosphere and its energy varies from around 10^6 degree e V to around 10^21 e V. Cosmic Rays were discovered by victor by gictor hess, an Austrian Scientist in 1912 and he was awarded the noble prize in physics for this discovery, twenty four years later. Cosmic rays from a very important constituent not only of our own galaxy but of the entire universe.
The Ooty Radio Telescope
The Ooty radio telescope (ORT), as it is known is cylindrical paraboloid reflecting surface, 530m long and 30m wide, placed on a hill whose slope of about 11degree in the north-south direction is the same as the latitude of the RAC.
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