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Very Large Array - Socorro (and Pietown!)


Truth or Consequences, NM

City of Elephant Butte


Moon setting over Socorro, NM

First sight of the Very Large Array


It's all in the name...

A Gazelle


A dish in the VLA


The dishes are moveable on rail tracks, this is the most compact configuration


Dish information





Looking down one of the "arms" of the VLA



Spot the odd antenna out

Test dish for the Square Kilometer Array

Dish being refurbished in the "barn"

SKA test dishes

Cows crossing the road


The "town" of Pietown, NM

Pietown Post Office

The Daily Pie Cafe - home of the best cheeseburger in NM (IMHO) and a divine Peanut Butter pie