giant lovell telescope

[dalebe]

I visited a place called "jodrell bank" observatory, this is one of the biggest and most powerful radio telescopes in the world, this is the front veiw.

and this is the side veiw.

and this is the back veiw,at a time like this i wish i had a really wide angle lens, i could'nt get any further back, we were right under it.

 

[JonMikal]

cool shots! named after james lovell

 

[dalebe]

thanks jonmikal! i presume it's from the same family as the astronaut james lovell to astronomer bernard lovell.

 

[pursuer]

very cool, thanks for sharing these

 

[dalebe]

thank you pursuer! my pleasure!!

 

[JonMikal]

thanks jonmikal! i presume it's from the same family as the astronaut james lovell to astronomer bernard lovell.

at least thats what i was told. i have an aunt (who is like a mom) that was NASA Administrator James Webb's assistant during the mercury, gemini and apollo years. jeeze, the memorabilia i have from that era.

anyway, i could be wrong. lovell isnt too common a name.

 

[dalebe]

I would lean more towards what you say jonmikal, it makes sense, i wish i had delved more into the history side of it on my visit, but alas i was too interested in taking pictures.

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

the second one rocks .. awesome shots! wonder how that dang thing works!! lol! Must have been a great place to vist!