Now you may wonder for what VLA stands. It's a good thing that you are here for Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday then! VLA means Very Large Array. It's a radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico, USA. If you watched the movie Contact with Jodie Foster, you have seen parts of the VLA. Anyway, I visited the VLA in the late 1990s -- the size and quantity of the antennas is impressing.
You feel somewhat small standing in front of those constructions. My mom took the photo below of me offering sacrifice to the God of Technology -- or so it seems. Actually, I filmed the huge dish.
I remember the first time I saw the VLA....from far away, it looks like a space age mushroom farm. The closer we got the smaller I felt. And yes, those things are huge. Nice pictures. Howdie girl.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! It IS Huge! Love the shot of your offering! Great "V" post!
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ReplyDeleteI saw that movie! Wow those VLA's are huge!!! Have a great day!
Sherrie
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beautiful pics :D
ReplyDeletevery interesting post :D
Beautiful V post. Very interesting
ReplyDeleteThey are huge. I didn't really getthe idea of how big until I saw you standing below them.
ReplyDeleteCool! One of my daughters friends just graduated with a degree in astro-physics. This is probably the sort of thing he would be interested in.
ReplyDeleteFor me especially, this is such a fine post. I am way into the UFO thing...and New Mexico for that matter. Did you hear any outer space commincations while you were there? :-) peace and blessings
ReplyDeleteDitto what Jeff said ... I would love to hear sounds from space ...
ReplyDeleteHoly Smokes, that thing is big. You look so tiny in comparison lol. Great V post.
ReplyDeleteVery large indeed!
ReplyDeleteAmazing sight! This is a fantastic post for the letter "V". ~ sarah
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "V"!
ReplyDeleteI was actually saying vla, vla, vla? as I was opening this post!
I have not heard of this before but it is really interesting. The size is really surprising!
Thank you for linking up.
I really enjoyed your post!
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WOW! That is HUMUNGOUS! haha ...loved the photo of you next to it!
ReplyDeleteBlessings & Aloha!
...trying to get to all the great "V" assignments :o)