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NRAO Very Large Array

Observatory · Socorro County ·

NRAO Very Large Array

Observatory · Socorro County ·
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"Science and Space in New Mexico Featured in the 1997 Jodie Foster film, Contact (based on the Carl Sagan book), the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is an impressive, stunning radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin. The massive dishes are arranged in rotating patterns and form the largest radio telescope in the world looking for complex solar system life. Visitors are allowed to walk among the array on a self-guided tour."

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Radio astronomy observatory with massive dishes, self-guided tours

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