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www.booksuniverseeverything.com/2014/10/14/vla-very-large...
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.