Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you haven't done it, Hwy 52 from the VLA down to T or C is a beautiful road. All dirt in 1986, they may have paved some, but no problem with a passenger car. The whole way the only car I saw was the USPS van. Enjoying your NM photos - brings back memories! Jay On 10/21/2015 3:58 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: > Just outside Socorro, New Mexico, is the Very Large Array. We were lucky > that they were in the "D" configuration. That means the 27 radiotelescopes > were bunched close together around the visitors center. This is when they > are looking for lower resolution overall structure images. The "A" > configuration is when they are spread out with each arm being 13 miles. > You would get to see very few of them close enough to the visitors center > to > photograph. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/VLA-6679.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/nebeeo5 > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/VLA-6682.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/peppnvq > > > > More info: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/ > > > > And just down the road is a nice campground, where I found a couple from > Switzerland enjoying the stars by a campfire. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/Datil+Wells+Campground-6709-Edi > t.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/q3j9fan > > View Large > > Comments welcome. > > > > Aram