What an unexpected bonus on the route to Flagstaff we went past the Very Large Array which is 27 (85ft Diameter) Satellite dishes, which was just amazing to see. These are used to capture radio signals from space including those form Voyager II.

The film Contact with Jodie Foster was shot here in 1999 in just 5 days (well the VLA sequence anyway) and unlike the claims in the film the VLA is not used for SETI (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence).

The best thing is that you can walk all the way up to them and marvel at the sheer size (and cost of around 78million to build).

An awesome site and just so cool.