Tag: very large array

  • Road Trip – day 27 (NM; VLA, and Carlsbad)

    While in Moab, Debi’s brother-in-law and brother suggested that we add a stop on our itinerary, the Very Large Array, which is a radio observatory in New Mexico.  It is the inspiration for the radio observatory featured in the movie Contact.  It wasn’t too far out of our way and seemed suitably geeky for us,…