Very Large Array by CavalierLady

Photography • Landscape • posted on Dec 01, 2007

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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". Thanks very much for looking and have a great weekend.

Comments (44)

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nikolais

12:33PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

love the way you've arranged the space. very appealing.

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Cytisus

12:55PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Superb shot!!!!!!!

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barbdennist

1:03PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

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.

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Chipka

1:06PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

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. :-)

BorisB

1:11PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Amazing scenery and an excellent composition!!

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KarmaSong

1:49PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Very nice capture and interesting information notes. Well done!

Valerie-Ducom

2:00PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Excellent picture on this unusual landscape ! Well done ! Good day :)

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toddaking

2:19PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Excellent picture. Did you see any aliens? Todd

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kgb224

3:21PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Thank you for sharing.Excellent capture.

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virginiese

3:27PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

WOW ! Impressive view ! Thanks for your explanations too... The shot is great ! Hugs Virginie

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Ionel

3:44PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Excellent capture! Very interesting too! They really look huge!!!

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babuci

3:58PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

Fantastic capture.

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sessan53

4:14PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

This is great work. Excellent shot:-)hugs sessan

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DennisReed

4:15PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

I loved "First Contact"! Far out capture Maria!

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auntietk

4:41PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

This is an awesome image, never mind movies and aliens. Fantastic perspective and POV!

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Richardphotos

5:13PM | Sat, 01 December 2007

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.

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