South Central New Mexico News & Events
A snowy day at the Very Large Array! ✨It's a snowy day at the Very Large Array today. ❄️❄️❄️
One of the questions we get on our Very Large Array virtual tours: what do we do when snow gets into the antennas? Well, we run a computer script called "snow dump" that executes a series of three commands:
1) tilt the dish down to its lowest limit to dump the snow out of the dish;
2) turn the dishes perpendicular to the wind, so the snow is blown out;
3) position the antennas toward the Sun, or the staircase leading up to the dish, so the crew can sweep it out.
Photo provided by the VLA webcam:
public.nrao.edu/vla-webcam/
We love these amazing images of the cranes at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge ✨
📷: Lisa Bates
Thank you 😊
Which stops on the space trail have you been to? ✨
New Mexico Is Home To A Massive Space Trail... And These Stops Top Our Short List
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Explore a piece of the final frontier when you visit these 9 stops on New Mexico's epic Space Trail.Join the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge tomorrow morning at 5:45am MST for a Facebook Live fly out! ✨
The NMSU Art Museum is excited to announce a virtual Paper Plant Making Workshop with Justin Favela. This workshop will take place live on Zoom on Dec 3. ✨
Click here for more info and to register: uam.nmsu.edu/plantmakingwithjustin/The NMSU Art Museum is excited to announce a virtual Paper Plant Making Workshop with Justin Favela. This workshop will take place live on Zoom on Dec 3. The plants made during the workshop may be dropped off at the museum (social distancing procedures will be in place) Dec 3-January 6th during open hours and will be included in our January exhibition “Sorry for the Mess”. Click here to register: nmsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscOmqqD0uHtEbKZBBLtVmg7H7aIKzX1B3
Join the New Mexico Historic Sites and the Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property for a fascinating afternoon viewing some of Mr. Taylor’s collection of nacimientos from all over the world. The Friends of the Taylor Family Monument and New Mexico Historic Sites have partnered to continue this holiday tradition virtually for 2020. ✨
This great resource for hiking and biking trails in Socorro County is now available online! ✨
Get ready for this year's virtual Festival of the Cranes ✨We have two newly added live webinars as part of Crane Fiesta 2020!
Ornitherapy with Holly Merker
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM MST
Friday, November 20th
Holly Merker has co-authored the forthcoming book Ornitherapy: Changing your Heart, Mind, and Soul along with Richard Crossley and Sophie Crossley, available early spring 2021.
There and Back: Waterfowl with Richard Crossley
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MST
Saturday, November 21st
Richard Crossley is the author of the Crossley Guide books.
Learn more about these fantastic webinars here: friendsofbosquedelapache.org/festival-of-the-cranes/