Green Bank Observatory Green Bank West Virginia

We visited the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank West Virginia.It is a 150 mile drive on country roads from our home in southern West Virginia.

This is a picture of the Robert C Bryd Green Bank Telescope.It's height is 485 feet which is taller than The Statue of Liberty and nearly as tall as The Washington Monument.It weighs 17 tons.It's surface totals 2.3.
acres.

This telescope replaces one that collapsed.Construction began in spring of 1991 and it was dedicated on August 25,2000.

This picture was taken two miles from the telescope.We took the bus tour that stops at the telescope.Digital cameras are not allowed in that area due to radio wave interference.Would love to have had a close up picture.That thing was huge.