Monday, December 30, 2013

Arecibo

We drove out West yesterday with the intention of touring the Arecibo Radio Observatory and then the Rio Camuy Caves.  We had originally planned to visit Old San Juan but the place we wanted to have lunch only has brunch on Sundays so we are doing that tour later today.

We stopped at Arecibo and had a nice tour.  This thing is very large and even the feed point is larger than many dishes I've seen.


View of the feed area as you approach the visitors center.


Dish - wire mesh.


One of three pylons that support the feed point assembly.


Feed point - this thing is steerable and is really really big.

We then headed over to Rio Camuy Caves but the crowd was so large and the traffic was so bad we turned around and headed back to the boat.  We think we have already seen the best Caves - Karchner Caverns State Park, Cochise County, Az.

On to Old San Juan after breakfast.
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  1. GregKDecember 31, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Very cool. I think that is where the movie "Contact" was filmed.

    Happy New Years to you both. Tonight we are going to party like it's 1699 :-)

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  2. Bobby & LesleyDecember 31, 2013 at 4:17 PM

    Greg: Funny, we've been exploring Old San Juan (lots of history from around that time) and think the same could be said for the locals this evening.

    Happy New Year

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