midendian, 
A decade ago this week, I learned that they open the Trinity test site to the public twice a year and I was underemployed so convinced @mct to go on a roadtrip why not. The Trinity site was interesting but the real treat was stopping at the VLA the day before. I was just starting to dabble in signal processing and one of the tour guides was working on their FPGAs—I learned a lot. Also the weather was incredible. #verylargearray #newmexico https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=80321933%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=&view_all=1&min_taken_date=1396335600&max_taken_date=1397631599
Very Large Array radio dishes in dry grassland with two pairs of train tracks extending to the horizon
Very Large Array radio dish portrait with dramatic stormy and blue sky behind.
Large red railroad machine with rotatable wheels for moving VLA dishes, contrasted with dry grassland and dramatic stormy skies