Visiting the Very Large Array

[Dhalgren01]

Come back for the Petrified Forest / Painted Desert and Canyon De Chelly. You brushed right by them. And Monument Valley, UT is just two hours from Shiprock.

[alfmep]

hey, i love your vids - watching them actually feels like going on the journey whith you :-) what's that song at about 2:12 does anyone know? i have definitely heard it before, but i just can't figure out where...

[alfmep]

@alfmep - oh pardon my stupidity it actually is the song Beautiful by Orkidea - its just the ambient mix - which is much better than the original :D

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

/watch?v=zaAWOVsouWg

cherly lynn TO Be Real

t4e

Roswell

[MarkusteeSteadfast]

Classic. I remember playing with the dishes in the Birmingham science museum, England. Great fun T-Foot. :)

[TonyBtheEG]

I'm baffled how you know so much about so many different things. An inspiration to figure out even MORE of this Planet!

[midare]

'Fear the bunnies', indeed! Good video, Man those arrays are huge. Your videos always astound me. (Although I get queasy when you're looking down cliff edges, guess I'm terrified on your behalf.)

[nausinora]

:) Always good to watch one of your vids in the mornin'!

[lupine73]

Tf00t... You are like a kid in a nation-sized toy-store... It's awesome.

[5pecular]

Love the Jack Rabbit!

It is very unlikely that any other civilization out there would transmit on the same type of frequency we are looking for

[tkdliron]

how old is he and which education does he have

[chestbuster1987]

Fear the bunnies! Hehe, no but seriously great videos.

[engeljakob]

wats the song?

[BishiboshGorgonnash]

I think I <3 you Thunderf00t.

[nawitus]

Impressive work considering you're on the road

[winstonsmith00]

too cool.

[ImaWatchAVideo]

Excellent time map

[HeIsSailing]

WoW - I drove through that area on Friday just a day before you. I just missed you..!!

Ahhh.. I miss the VLA.  I spent much time there back during my grad school days.

So.. did you stop at Pie Town on the way to Arizona?

[2bsirius]

I feel honored because my video was linked to this one and I didn't do it, so somebody else must have seen a connection!...There is no overt connect, but still it makes me very happy!

Very large arrays seem to me to be a way of reaching our collective hands up into the night sky to collect starlight and then looking at what we've collected to try to understand it.

Too poetic, I know...This is hard science.

[hellshade2]

that's interesting stuff, i was just down in arizona myself, up at the grand canyon (south rim) and over to hoover damn and vegas.

will be posting some stuff in a few days if your interested :)

[phillaico]

This place seems so void of other people?

[JUDDPOWNSYOU]

where is this guy from?

[ApatheistOdin]

England

[zamestol]

Cool as always :)

Ps. Please buy a windbreaker for your mic.

[renegade4dio]

The VLA is quite awesome. I got a chance to tour it with an astronomer who worked there in 1989. (With a class trip from High School)

You've been so close to me this week (albuquerque)... I wish I'd had a chance to meet you ;)

[3101010]

I wish someone had mentioned all this stuff in school. Finding out about it in my 40s for the first time makes me feel like I missed something. Thanks Thunderfoot.

[buzzausa]

That was fun and informative :)

[8tripsaweek]

WOW. your a very lucky man to be able to see these in person. wish Britain had such places

[adamredwine]

Awesome, I saw the VLA from a plane just a few days before you were there.

[Vic92084]

Ah, jackrabbit! You're making me nostalgic for Mexico...

[ObakeOnna]

Clearly those weren't just a collection of random vehicles but a group of Cybertronians in disguise, spying on the human's activities... ;)

[Ezplain]

haha suspiscious...

[RPNova]

Fear the bunnies!

[Xenolupa]

Gesundheit!

BTW, thanks for the nice vids!

[554466551]

I'm still surprised someone's ego didn't get in the way when it came to naming the array. Very Large Array is certainly a fitting description, but as a name? Fun watch as always, Tfoot.

[TheLiquidLight]

watching the videos of this trip makes me feel like a child on a BIG ADVENTURE ... !!!

THANKS THUNDER ... !!!

[scientiaarsvita1]

Particularly liked the whispering by the parabola bit!

[julsHz]

great time lapse...

you're a nut- brilliant, but a nut!

[jsmxwll]

very cool!

[Crunch0r]

I guess you asked permission to go around there, else they would have spotted you anyway with that big ass array...

Great video once again =)

[tg1one]

Keep them coming ThunderF00t, I feel like I am on this expadition as well...

[alphgeek]

Your road trips are great! I always assumed that the VLA dishes were permanently mounted on their own transporters - I didn't realise they have to be dismounted onto fixed blocks.

[eldogg4life]

reminds me of contact the movie...

[BuckeyeDM]

Not visiting Roswell??

[invisibletime]

very cool

[sorienor]

So..you got to just wander around or what?

[jotape1960]

There is another VLA (under construction) in the north of my country: CHILE.

You must to visit it.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!

[216trixie]

He drives past a sign that says govt. property, keep out.

[gtssage]

that was fantastic!

[oldtaco]

Nice vid Thunderf00t, very enjoyable!

[shlunko]

Haha, gotta love the last 10 seconds

[lennyhipp]

need a windsock on that mic! :))

[AbdultheImpailler]

that parabola was pretty cool, I guess that maybe have been what we, cub scouts, were talking into years ago at the Ontario Science Centre?

[utoad9]

Last 10 seconds were very cool...thx!

[ubergossen]

whoa that actually worked really well with the parabola even on camera.

[unaka2012]

Awesome. Very cool dude.

[paulo101]

These videos are really fascinating TF, thanks for your efforts! (Y)

[budlac]

You're awesome ;D

[ashtool]

Really enjoying watching these!

Thank you so much

[LikeAPossum]

Catch a Jackalope for us, TF.

[FreindlyRanger]

God bless you!

Or not, whatever.

[weeeezzll]

Foam....please put foam over the mic...tyvm

[Misterb0z]

Your enthusiasm is infectious!

[Scrapheap71]

How were you able to gain acces to the VLA??

[lorddarphyve]

For your out door shots I would highly recommend putting a balled up piece of cloth over your mic to reduce wind noise. Ive used a sock for just such a thing before. Great video, I would love to go see this some day.

[bdf2718]

Fear the jackrabbit!

[gaiyabum]

So much fun! Now I am tempted to meander about....hmmm...maybe I can hit most of these places on the way to San Diego on a roadie to see my buddy....geology, astronomy followed by a little surf in-between!

[confiscator]

Theres something extra special about you taking care to shoot when there are few to any people around. I begins to look as if youre the last man on earth.

[LynxChan]

I can't believe that people can get that close to the VLA without getting shot. Pretty cool stuff.

[SYNICtheAtheist]

That was most excellent!

[tomiontomion]

Thanks again. Love the time laps on this one.

[bwzes03]

These roadtrip vids are awsome !

Many many thanks for sharing !

Though I am looking forward to the ultimate goal of the trip .......

[Airave]

I really hope that you

can truly fulfill your

Teacher constellation

on this world and in your time.

Further would be a bonus. :)

[LeafHuntress]

The bunny was nice, the time lapse was awesome and you're really cute! <3

[BrianJunglist]

i dunno why but it creeps me out

[katey1dog]

0:58  thumperf00t!

[imnothear]

love

[GalacticAccident]

you're a fukin anorak ;)

[SucculentJuniper]

That's cool :)

[SucculentJuniper]

Cool

[WoWaddict3d]

dude, u're awesome.,

[KSGixxer76]

Wonderful video

[Jimb0can]

That was cool!!

[TimCubUAkbar]

The time lapse video of the dishes moving was awesome! I can't help wondering what they're focusing on.

[NavariteAzuth]

man the playing with the dishes at the end was absolutely hilarious, thanks for the incredible view of what i can only imagine would be something less then likely to be seen even with a trip to do so.

Best of luck with your trip tFoot and enjoy.

[philhellenes]

Mecca. ;)

[bshieldsbb01]

1:51

Gesundheit

[yakumo1984]

i just noticed you are wrong-handed, lol

[NaomiClareNL]

I always wondered how they moved those things around. Now I know, thanks for stopping by the VLA and make this video. It now is a must see when I get there.

[sheepwshotguns]

what a road trip!

[sdpgposd]

cool

[musicgeniusno1]

Excellent. Where was Jodie Foster...Lol ;)

[ticijev]

TF is kissing a dish!

[BespokeGroupUK]

lovely

[Zed1967]

I'm loving this series of videos, I often wonder where you are on your journey when I'm at work and look forward to watching them when I get home of an evening.

Great work TF :D

[MunsterAtheist]

Thunderf00t's wailing wall demonstration at 5:40

[MunsterAtheist]

Swine flu at 1:50

[Arghira]

=))

[someonesperson]

fantastic video!

[TheTachy0n]

I really enjoy following your trip :)

[dannukesem]

From what I understand, these are being re-fitted, and will be something like 50 times more sensitive.

[CousinoMacul]

Nice focus! ;-)

[commodore256]

Contact!

[Surrealist6]

You are here! I told you to stay away it's too hot!

I can't believe they have the nerve to charge 15 bucks to see it! Though I live in Phoenix i never have. (try bringing a carload of 6 in there-you would NOT pay!LOL) Thanks for the update-We are having a great time following you in our house! From the godless heathens on Banff lane

[piratedebo]

haha sweet video !

[waksibra]

you nerd:)

[isegoria1]

The VLA is a great stop - GOOD CHOICE.

[Vogter2100]

Friggin awesome man. Love these travelling vids.

[MpowerdAPE]

i saw a jack rabbit break 55 mph, i know this cause i was about 5 yards behind him doing the same speed. no, i wasn't trying to run him over, he poped out in front of me, i swear.

[mikethebiped]

VLA is amazing to see first hand.

[Raistlin13Majere]

Bunny :P

[Phifer]

This road trip has been wonderful, thank you for sharing it with us

[mtanti87]

What did the parabola do to the sound exactly?

[phantomspellchecker]

In light-based telescopes, parabolic mirrors are used to focus light into a sharp point (something that a spherical mirror can't do if it's diameter is more that about 150 cm). The same principle applies to radio scopes.

[meloveanna]

focus it on one place

[Hereticbooks]

Oh Cool! I'm so glad you've come here! WOW!!!

[sustainedbyramen]

that is so much win.

[sp4zzer]

Its awesome for those of us stuck at work to at least go on one tripå this year :) thanks

[D31u5i0n]

such a fun roadtrip

[OneClownShoe]

$15? They should have paid YOU to be there. Don't they know who you are?

I'm surprised they didn't offer you a job.

[ArtsySiridean]

Very amusing, friend.

[FraggedMind]

Did ye have the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? The bunny looked vicious with huge fangs and all!

Still upset that you didn't stop by in Albuquerque for coffee and Petroglyphs.

[maggot9779]

FEAR THE BUNNY!

[Pahkasika0]

First some arrays and then bunnies :D i was like woot

[sp4maerie]

amazing

[maggot9779]

I remember this from the film Contact :)

[meloveanna]

yup, thats all i could think about

[itstheownage]

AWESOME, keep these up