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VLA RADIO TELESCOPE
"View of some of the dish antennae which make up the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope near Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA is the world's largest radio telescope array, consisting of 27 dish antennae, each one 25 metres in diameter. The dishes can be moved to various positions along the arms of a Y-shaped railway network; two of these railway arms are 21 km in length, the third 19 km. The data obtained by the dishes are combined by computer to form a single radio image, so that the 27 antennae in effect form one single giant radio dish." (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/PETER MENZEL)
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License
Rights Managed
Date created
19891010
Place
Credit
KEYSTONE
Source
SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY SPL
Byline
PETER MENZEL
Size
5120 x 3481 px
File type
JPEG