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The Very Large Array, New Mexico

The Cibola National Forest surrounds the Plains of San Augustine in a remote and sparsely populated region of New Mexico. the plains are home to one of the world’s premier astronomical radio observatories, the Very Large Array (VLA).


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey and forest boundary information from the United States Forest Service. Caption by Jesse Allen.

Published June 14, 2009
Data acquired May 6, 2002

Source:
Landsat 7 > ETM+