Gila National Forest to Pie Town New Mexico
I was going to run right to Pie Town from Roswell, however I read about City of Rocks here yesterday and it looks like an interesting stop. So I'm thinking of going to the City of Rocks first then hea...
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Off Pavement wrote:You are talking about the VLA just East of Datil on highway 60, great place to visit. Think the other post was about the individual dish just outside Pietown, part of a different group.seagrace wrote:
Look for a VLBA antenna (dish) just east of Pie Town. You can drive up to within a hundred yards or so - cool picture opportunities.
The antennas can be stretched out 23 miles or grouped together for different observations. There is one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers onsite, and you can even take a tour at the visitor center. When you are at the visitor center, you are in the middle of the worlds largest radio telescope.
