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Sculpture

Monday, September 26, 2005: This is the sculpture in front of the main building at the VLA. The VLA is made up of 27 telescopes arranged in a 'Y' pattern, which is represented by this sculpture. I was surprised to learn that the telescopes are on railroad tracks and can be spread out so that each of the arms is 13 miles long. Inside the visitor center, there was a map of Washington, DC, with the array at its maximum size superimposed over it--and the arms were much larger than the city and reached well beyond the suburbs of Arlington and Bethesda.

 
New Mexico 2005

Monjeau Lookout
White Mountain Wilderness
Mountain Clearing
Fox Spring
Crest Trail #25
Mountain Valley
Forest
Turnaround Point
Valley of Fires
Juniper on Lava
Lava Outcrop
Desert Trail
Very Large Array
Astronomer Wannabe
Science in the Desert
Sculpture
Solar Observatory
Apache Point
Tunnel Vista
Space History
White Sands
Lonely Trail
Tarantula
Sunset at the Pedestal
Big Bonito Trail
Trail #25 North
Toward White Sands
Cloudy Mountains
 
 
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