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Socorro, New Mexico
The Karl G. Jansky radio telescope installation known as the Very Large Array located just outside Socorro, New Mexico. Each of the 27 dishes (plus 1 spare) is 82 feet in diameter and weighs in at 230 tons. They can be placed in 4 different "Y" configurations ranging from a half a mile apart to just over 22.5 miles and are changed several times a year.
Fall is the most spectacular season in Colorado. Although we lack the diverse array of fall colors that can be found in the eastern United States, the glowing yellow aspens juxtaposed against the dramatic, snow-capped Rocky Mountains makes good photography fairly easy. On a trip over the gravel, one-lane Ohio Pass road, between Gunnison and Crested Butte, one finds this dense aspen stand, which doesn't need any snow-capped mountains to make it look interesting.