Very Large Array
Subject
Description
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.
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Type
Still Image
Location
Start Date
1966-02
Historical Negative #
GB66-02826
Date Negative Added
1966-02-24
Series
Photographs Series
Unit
VLA Unit
Range #
2A
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “Very Large Array,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed October 6, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/29826.