Looking Down on the VLA Barn
![VLA antennas, The Barn, and transporter](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gallery-images-largeVLAAerialmaintenance-BHinson_large.jpg)
The Sun sets over the Antenna Assembly Building at the Very Large Array in central New Mexico. Inside the so-called “Barn,” a 25-meter dish antenna undergoes routine maintenance while a recently serviced antenna is tested on the Master Pad to the left. An orange-red Antenna Transporter waits on its tracks. The VLA has 28 antennas, but only 27 are needed for the array, giving it a spare for these maintenance shifts.
Credit: B. Hinson
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