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| We're listening...to noises made millions of years ago. |
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| The units are transferred to different locations by special rail engines. |
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| I bet you need a map to get around |
SAFFORD, NM - - Sometimes we find things, very big things, when we're not looking for them. Yesterday, Lydia was driving and I was catching up on a few zzzzz. She stopped and suggested we ought to go back to see these radio antenna stretched out to the area east of us. Wow! Unlike Area 51 or the facilities around Roswell, NM, the folks with the huge antenna welcome visitors.
In short, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array of astronomic radio antenna spreads out over a dry lake bed in western NM. The 27 units form a vast "Y" pattern to listen to the sounds of space. Check Google for more info.
Today, after a nearly 100 mile serpentine drive on AZ191 through the White Mountains we came to a large hole in the ground. Photos can't do it justice. The Morenci (copper) Mine even has a company town listed on the Arizona map. The mine does not show up even though it is the largest pit mine in North America. Again, Google for more info.
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