As many of you know, I spent this past Thanksgiving in Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) outside Socorro, New Mexico. I’d planned this trip for over a year and although not your typical “vacation”, it was worth the trip. Most wouldn’t consider getting up at 4am, setting up camera equipment in the dark [...]
As I slowly but surely sift my way through about 6,500 images from my week in Bosque Del Apache NWR in New Mexico, I thought I’d post a preview for you. The image below was taken at sunrise along the main road to Bosque. On what had been a rather slow (and cold) morning, I [...]
The Very Large Array (VLA) is one of the world’s premier astronomical radio observatories. It lies 50 miles west of Socorro, NM and consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration. Each antenna (resembling a satellite dish) measures 82 feet in diameter and weighs 230 tons. The array antennas move on a system of [...]