using the 304 m-mast as a six-level meteorological measurement platform, with thermometers, hygrometers, and anemometers mounted at various heights up to 280 m above ground. The atmospheric variables are sampled at a high temporal resolution to allow computation of boundary layer turbulent fluxes of heat and momentum. Live data and time series are also made available via the World Wide Web. Hamburg's Light Miracle In 1934, shortly after the inauguration of the facility, some owners of recreational gardens discovered that a light bulb connected to ground and a highly spun wire made the bulb light up brightly enough to illuminate a small house. Later many other did so. Transmission energy is taken from the transmitter, and induces electrical power in the wire. This effect was not discovered immediately. Later, technicians of the transmitter noticed, that in the houses of nearby gardens, lights went on and off depending on whether the transmitter was switched on or off. This phenomenon got the nickname "Hamburger Lichtwunder" (German: "Hamburg's light miracle"). After this was discovered, use of transmitting energy of radio transmitters for other purposes than radio reception was prohibited in Germany by law. technic3d.com, Literature "Wunder der Wellen", Author: Eduard Rhein See also List of masts List of towers References External links Radio transmitter http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45492 http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45494 http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45495 http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b60444 http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=60443 http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=47079 Google Maps: Main Transmission Mast Meteorological observatory https://web.archive.org/web/20060630195430/http://wettermast-hamburg.zmaw.de/ Norddeutscher Rundfunk Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Radio masts and towers in Germany Meteorological stations 1934 establishments in Germany Towers completed in 1934