Pictures From The June 2008 Trip To Green Bank Radio Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, taken by Mike and Pim Borman

- The view from the highway arriving at Green Bank.
- The Jansky Antenna that 1st detected radio waves from the Milky Way.
- Sign describing the Jansky Antenna.
- The Green Bank Visitor Center and Grote Reber's radio telescope.
- The Green Bank Visitor Center.
- Horn Radio Telescope.
- Ham Radio Operator Grote Reber's Radio Telescope that was originally in his backyard in Wheaton, IL!
- The electronic instrumentation for Grote Reber's radio telescope.
- Sign describing Grote Reber's research.
- Displays inside the visitor center.
- A display illustrating wavelengths studied by Astronomers.
- The 110 meter diameter, 485 foot tall, 16,727,000 pound, world's largest fully steerable, Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.
- The 110 meter diameter, 485 foot tall, 16,727,000 pound, world's largest fully steerable, Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.
- The 110 meter diameter, 485 foot tall, 16,727,000 pound, world's largest fully steerable, Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.
- Mike Borman with the GBT in the background.
- The 110M GBT replaced a 300 FT. telescope that collapsed from a structural failure.
- A picture of the 300 foot telescope in it's heydey, taken by Mike Borman on his last visit to Green Bank.
- 20 meter telescope.
- The 85 foot telescope and others.
- Other sights near Green Bank include Seneca Rocks.
- Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
- Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area.
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