Very Large Array by CavalierLady
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Description
The Very Large Array, located in central New Mexico, is a large radio astronomy observatory consisting of 27 radio antennae in a Y-shape. This is just one arm of that Y-shape. They may look small, but they are not, they're huge. Each one is 82 feet in diameter, weighs 230 tons, can be moved on a series of rails, and when stretched out full length each arm is 13 miles long. It was featured in the Jodie Foster movie "Contact".
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Comments (44)
love the way you've arranged the space. very appealing.
Superb shot!!!!!!!
My first look at the picture made me think of the movie Contact (one of my favorite movies), before I read what you wrote. This is a great picture and thank you for the interesting information about the array.
Fantastic shot...I have yet to make a pilgrimage there, but I will, especially since I am a science fiction writer and general astronomy buff, I love images like this...but aside from that, there's an intrinsic beauty to the VLA and other such observatories. By the way, it was also featured in the film 2010: Odyssey 2--a less successful endeavor than the original 2001: A Space Odyssey, but a good film nonetheless...at least the actors playing Russians spoke passably good Russian. :-)
Amazing scenery and an excellent composition!!
Very nice capture and interesting information notes. Well done!
Excellent picture on this unusual landscape ! Well done ! Good day :)
Excellent picture. Did you see any aliens? Todd
Thank you for sharing.Excellent capture.
WOW ! Impressive view ! Thanks for your explanations too... The shot is great ! Hugs Virginie
Excellent capture! Very interesting too! They really look huge!!!
Fantastic capture.
This is great work. Excellent shot:-)hugs sessan
I loved "First Contact"! Far out capture Maria!
This is an awesome image, never mind movies and aliens. Fantastic perspective and POV!
I seen some men working on the surface of one concave antenna(television) and it gives a perspective on just how large they are.I understand they have a very close tolerance to be in sync.beautiful capture Maria.
A very unusual capture and thank you for the description it must be huge.
They make everything look dwarfed (including the mountains)! Fabulous shot and composition!
SETI lives on,if only in our dreams....a great capture and thanx for sharing...
A cool capture, neat pov!
But do the get SPEED channel ?!? Great shot.
Excellent capture!
very cood compo, e x c e l l e n t.
Excellent shot, fantastic POV and superb details. Very interesting too!!
Beautiful!
Wonderful shot
Impressive! Great shot.
Excellent and creative shot my friend.....!!!!
That's pretty impressive. Nice shot, Maria.
An excellent capture.