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ALUMINUM FOIL HATS REQUIRED Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/24/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A preform tube a ways down the road from the VLA.
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The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter.

Those in the know say that the wearing of crumpled aluminum foil hats while in the vicinity will make one undetectable to these powerful radio telescopes!

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