The VLA in maintenance mode
![The VLA](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gallery-images-largeVLAWyetulips2_large.jpg)
In this photo, all of the antennas of the Very Large Array are in their maintenance position — pointing straight up like tulips in the New Mexico desert. The VLA has 27 antennas at work in the array, with one spare.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
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