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Very Large Array Radio Telescope
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The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Augustin (elevation: 6970 ft), some fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, USA on U.S. Route 60.  It is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).  Each dish is 82-feet in diameter and there are 27 of them in a Y-shaped configuration that moves on railroad tracks.
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VLA website: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/
VLA in "Contact" trailer
 

 

.Photos of the Very Large Array
mouse click on any of the thumbnail images below for an enlargement
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