I did the tour once before, about 20 years ago. I hope I'm able to climb the ladder up into the big'n again.
I wish I had gone to their satellite installation, [CARMA,] before the nearsighted gummint pulled their funding.
According to one of the guides, it was a lack of funding what done it in. Another one said it wasn't exactly a lack of funding, but rather a re-allocation of funding to the [Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array] in Chile, which was the plan all along. The more you know.
Inside the control room, one of the scientists was showing a movie of last year's eclipse. He asked everyone if they got to see it, and I said no. He seemed surprised, then I told him it was raining that day. He chuckled a bit, and revealed that he had only watched it from inside his cave there.
It6's awesome up there. You should try to set aside enough time to get acclimated to the altitude, and do some hiking around. Coming from sea level, 12K+ can seriously kick your ass.
His car parked outside told me all I needed to know about that. It was a Porsche Cayman S, coated in dirt and caked-on mud, with the windows down on a dusty day. I would never drive my car out to that site, let alone leave it outside all day on a dirt lot!
Those cartoon chicks aren't all that hawt, so I didn't get past the first page.
Everyone should have a centrifuge to get basic results.
America, say hello to your new surgeon general.
Guess where I'm going today!
https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/
I did the tour once before, about 20 years ago. I hope I'm able to climb the ladder up into the big'n again.
I wish I had gone to their satellite installation, [CARMA,] before the nearsighted gummint pulled their funding.
According to one of the guides, it was a lack of funding what done it in. Another one said it wasn't exactly a lack of funding, but rather a re-allocation of funding to the [Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array] in Chile, which was the plan all along. The more you know.
I did, but just cell phone shots. Hard to drag the big Canon around anymore.
Up in the framework. mThere's 4 miles of that pipe welded together.
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These are from the now defunct CARMA facility. Cal Berkeley would like to sell them to you for $1 each.
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There are almost 300 of these 10mm scopes. They each take a picture every second, 24/7.
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Coming back down from the catwalk on the 40 meter scope:
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Here's one of the mates to the one your friends toured in TX, part of the Very Long Baseline Array:
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It's not part of the Caltech installation, and wasn't open to visit.
Looking up at the 40m from the ground:
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Science humor:
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Not so funny:
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Yeah, you have to arrange transportation.
I know about UCLA's [Barcroft Station,] about 25 miles east of this site in the White Mountains, but not aware of one in the Sierra?
Yes.
Inside the control room, one of the scientists was showing a movie of last year's eclipse. He asked everyone if they got to see it, and I said no. He seemed surprised, then I told him it was raining that day. He chuckled a bit, and revealed that he had only watched it from inside his cave there.
It6's awesome up there. You should try to set aside enough time to get acclimated to the altitude, and do some hiking around. Coming from sea level, 12K+ can seriously kick your ass.
His car parked outside told me all I needed to know about that. It was a Porsche Cayman S, coated in dirt and caked-on mud, with the windows down on a dusty day. I would never drive my car out to that site, let alone leave it outside all day on a dirt lot!