A power outage on Dec. 19 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colo., disrupted operation of the NIST-F4 atomic clock.
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Fire-weather alert in Colorado knocked out timekeeping across the internet - WRAL
The disruption affected radio broadcasts and internet time servers used by nearly every internet-connected device, including the one you are reading this article on.
By:Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
Source:WRAL.com
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