We spent an additional 4 hours at the Very Large Array today. It was the first Saturday of the month behind the scenes tours and this month was the semi-annual expanded tours. One of the people participating in the tours was Barry Clark one of the scientist’s who wrote and got the original approval for the VLA back in the early 70’s.
They just finished a ten year updating of the electronics including the computer system.
Read the last paragraph, it’s faster then my Dell.
The tour was really interest and we learned a lot about the VLA. The tour was organized by a group of scientists. The tour started at the admin building which is about 150 yards from the visitor’s center. This picture shows the distance.
They had made this sign so everyone would know where the tour’s start.
Here’s the challenge, the sign is with the yellow flags 150 yards away from the visitor’s center from where you could see the flags but not the sign.
Here is some information about the place we are camped.
We have taken a lot of pictures during this trip, however we are using my cellphone for internet access so I’m not posting may pictures.
Here is one from my paddle board outing with Vickie.
