Raisting by thalerst

A parabolic satellite communication antenna at the biggest facility for satellite communication in Raisting, Bavaria, Germany. This type of parabolic antenna is called a Cassegrain antenna. The radio waves emerge from the hole in the center of the dish and are focussed on a convex subreflector suspended on the supports in front of the dish. The waves are reflected back toward the main dish, which reflects them forward to form the outgoing beam aimed at the satellite.

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satellite communication by thalerst

A parabolic satellite communication antenna at the biggest facility for satellite communication in Raisting, Bavaria, Germany. This type of parabolic antenna is called a Cassegrain antenna. The radio waves emerge from the hole in the center of the dish and are focussed on a convex subreflector suspended on the supports in front of the dish. The waves are reflected back toward the main dish, which reflects them forward to form the outgoing beam aimed at the satellite.

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Phone Home II by scottyperkins

The color version of an image I’d previously shared of the radio observatory in the Owens Valley of California, operated by Cal Tech. I was in the valley killing time waiting for sunset but these amazing lenticular clouds, characteristic of the Eastern Sierras, started forming. After about 45 minutes of taking random dirt roads to find a composition I was finally able to line up one of the stacks on one of the radio telescopes in the array. This is a single exposure, not a composite.

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