The Tidbinbilla Tracking Station. [Industrial Pictures]
Uploaded: October 10, 2012 12:39:30
This complex is just down the road from yesterdays river capture! It is one of NASA's Australian Deep Space Communication Complexes, operated in Australia by our CSIRO.
Taken at 1/500th f8.0 and ISO-200.
Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90
Mike Clime October 10, 2012
Cool capture and would be interesting to know what they have heard, John! #1491521Robert R. Goodman October 10, 2012
Hi John,Excellent capture my friend.That sure is one tall dish.Wonderful clarity and detail!!! #10363926Lynn M. Whitt October 10, 2012
Great capture. #10363951Marijana Fajgl October 10, 2012
Who knows, one day they might discover some comunication! Wonderful find and capture, John! #10363962Gord MacEachern October 10, 2012
Great find and a perfect capture John, that would be a lot of dollars sitting there!! #10364047Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 10, 2012
Very impressive! And so is this image, John. So well composed and captured. #10364052Hendrik Storme October 10, 2012
Wonderful find and capture! #10364075David Hurt October 10, 2012
Hi John, NASA has a simular facility in the Owens Valley, California. If you ever have a chance to get up close you will see that these dishes are HUGE. Thanks for sharing your shot. #10364100Jeff Robinson October 10, 2012
That is some serious technology - Excellent capture John! #10364123Tammy M. Anderson October 10, 2012
Very interesting. Great clarity and capture, JOhn. #10364125Stephen Zacker October 10, 2012
Fantastic. I just watched them take one of our antennas down #10364144Terry Cervi October 10, 2012
A wonderful capture, John! #10364151Monnie Ryan October 10, 2012
Bet you could pick up a radio station on Mars with this baby! Terrific capture! #10364246Ann Coates October 10, 2012
What a cool and interesting capture John. #10364281Wm Nosal October 10, 2012
COOL Shot John! #10364303Barbara Waldoch October 10, 2012
Terrific shot, John! #10364349Anthony G. Comella October 10, 2012
Super capture John - Bet you don't miss any TV stations - just kidding!! Superb!!! #10364375Carol L. Fowler October 10, 2012
Great- now you can attract all the UFOs down there! LOL! awesome bit of equipment there! #10364444Mary K. Robison October 10, 2012
Love all the shades of blue captured in this intriguing scene, John. #10364589Renee Doyle October 11, 2012
I wonder if they are playing cricket :-)Avril Young October 11, 2012
Cool capture John, very interesting too! #10364754Brett Dolsen October 11, 2012
Great find and capture John! Looks like another great trip. #10364811Tiia Vissak October 11, 2012
a cool view! #10364842Stefania Barbier October 11, 2012
great capture! #10364934Joy Rector October 11, 2012
great shot #10365005Connie J. Bagot October 11, 2012
Amazing structure and I loved hearing the use of it---beautiful photo as well! #10365148Emile Abbott October 11, 2012
Excellent capture of this array. Wonder what they are listening too. #10365179Martha R. Mazon October 11, 2012
Wonderful perspective and design, John! I love the way the cloud looks like a bit of steam being let off! #10365431John Connolly October 11, 2012
Many thanks for all your kind comments, they are appreciated! #10365455Tammy Espino October 11, 2012
ET phone home :) Cool capture!!! #10365577Jack Ryan October 11, 2012
Wow! That is one big mail box...! Oh! I see. Unique even though it isn't a mail box. Great shot! #10365678Nadia Paul October 12, 2012
Terrific capture John - great comp and detail! #10366187Nancy L. Green October 12, 2012
VERY well composed John, this is one very impressive complex, WTG!! <>< #10366556John Connolly October 12, 2012
Thanks you Tammy, Jack, Nadia and Nancy for your thoughts on this one! #10367000Phyllis A. Houghton October 13, 2012
Great composition and clarity. This is not a subject that usually photographs well, but your image is excellent, John! #10367737John Connolly October 13, 2012
Thanks Phyllis, it is a marvelous place to visit! #10368039Phyllis A. Houghton October 17, 2012
Congrats on your EFP, John! #10373449John Connolly October 17, 2012
Thanks Phyllis! #10373866Laura E. Swan October 26, 2012
Amazing that you were able to get this close up to it, Brother John! How exciting. I wonder if they have ever heard anything interesting?? Beep-beep-dee-beep! Seems unfair that they never tell us anything much about it.Love this shot!
-Sister Swanee :)) #10385779
John Connolly October 30, 2012
Thank you Sister Swanee! This is a fully operational NASA site, and is still in communication with all the Mars projects and space voyages! #10395260Stan Kwasniowski November 29, 2012
John, congratulations #10438971Sherran Andersen November 29, 2012
Congrats John. #10439300Nadia Paul November 29, 2012
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist John! #10439362Ann Coates November 29, 2012
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist John. #10439604Laura E. Swan November 30, 2012
Brother John! Hurry and get here!!! Look! You got Finalist! Yippeeeee!!! Thank you for telling me more about this station here. I love hearing about these things!Good Luck in the next round!
-Swanee :D #10439697
Stefania Barbier November 30, 2012
gorgeous finalist... congratulations!!! #10439751Tammy M. Anderson November 30, 2012
Congrats again, John. Great finalist. #10439774Robert R. Goodman November 30, 2012
Hi John,Big Congratulations my friend on this beautiful finalist!!!! #10440234Randy D. Dinkins November 30, 2012
Very cool; and big congrats! #10440627isabel C. Zepeda November 30, 2012
JohnCONGRATULATIOS ON THIS FINALIST
YSA... #10440740
Wm Nosal November 30, 2012
Congratulations, John! #10441230Ellen Hodges November 30, 2012
Congrats and very best luck, John!!! #10441368Emile Abbott November 30, 2012
Congratulations on another fabulous finalist, John. #10441445ALLEN O. HOWARD November 30, 2012
A great shot for sure! The details are awesome my friend! Congratulations!!! #10441847Nancy L. Green November 30, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS John on this wonderful finalist, WTG!!! <>< #10442237Marijana Fajgl November 30, 2012
Big congratulations on your fantastic finalist, John! #10442372Tammy Espino November 30, 2012
Congrats, John on your outstanding finalist!! :) #10442632Barbara Waldoch November 30, 2012
Congratulations on your finalists, John! #10442771Avril Young November 30, 2012
Congratulations ...this is awesome... #10443281Barbara Mason December 01, 2012
Congratulations again John - two very different images - Good Luck !! #10444167John Connolly December 01, 2012
Thank you for all your encouraging comments, they are appreciated! #10445177Hendrik Storme December 01, 2012
Congratulations!!!! #10445287Katherine Kuhn December 01, 2012
Congratulations on your finalist, John! #10445370Marilyn K. Lincecum December 01, 2012
WTG John..Congratulations on a wonderful finalist. #10445865Martha R. Mazon December 02, 2012
Congrats on another wonderful finalist, John! I missed this when looking through your gallery the other night. #10446709John Connolly December 02, 2012
Thank you so much Hendrik, Katherine, Marilyn and Martha for your kind comments! #10446798Merna L. Nobile December 04, 2012
To my photo friend:
Look back with pride,
Look forward with excitement,
Enjoy the success of the day.
CONGRATULATIONS! Merna
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer December 05, 2012
A well deserved finalist, John. Congratulations! #10452001Reynaldo D. Reyes December 09, 2012
A huge Congrats on this inspirational image John. #10457816JO ANN CLEVELAND December 12, 2012
Now how did I miss this?? Congratulations John!jo ann c. #10461824
Daniel Ruf December 12, 2012
Congrats on the finalists. #10462150John Connolly December 14, 2012
Thanks a lot Merna, Kiki, Reynaldo, Jo Ann and Daniel for your kind remarks! #10464297Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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