Very Large Array

February 1966 on the Plains of St. Augustin, in the general area of the future intersection of the VLA arms. On the left is Cam Wade, and on the right is Max Small, both from NRAO. In the center is Robert Weber, a geologist with the NM Bureau of Mines in Socorro, who was very knowledgeable about the geology of the Plains of San Augustin, and was hugely helpful to the VLA project. Around his neck, Wade has the Finnish forester's compass that he used to check out all the potential VLA sites and to do the initial layout for the array.

Records of the NRAO

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Still Image

1966-02

GB66-02826

1966-02-24

Photographs Series

VLA Unit

2A