very large arrayToday we drove to
the VLA, a radio telescope situated on a radio-quiet plain at around 7000 feet. Some scenes from the movie
Contact were filmed here. There're some pictures of Jodie Foster in the Visitors Center -- another kind of star.
dish garageThe 27 dishes ride around on train tracks in a Y pattern, 13 miles to an edge, and share this one hangar for maintenance.
magdalena, new mexicoThe nearby town of Magdalena features a traditional soda fountain, Evett's, in what used to be a bank.
traditional soda fountain(dawn, richard, cody, tara)
very large array
dish garage
magdalena, new mexico
traditional soda fountain
