In the months since our residency at the Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory, we’ve been hard at work developing the more than 400 negatives we exposed during that three-week stretch. As we pass the half-way mark, we’re pleased to present a series of work prints that will eventually become part of our larger body of work about Green Bank, and radio astronomy in general. All of these images are platinum/palladium prints, which we chose for its extraordinary tonal range and ability to fully render the intense highlight tones of the bright white telescopes under direct sunlight. (Unfortunately, these qualities are not possible to completely represent digitally, and the prints must be viewed in person under good light for full effect.)
The 140′ telescope at sunset
The 85-2 Radio Telescope, with the Green Bank Telescope in the background
A sunset shot from the interferometry road between the 85-2 and 85-3 telescopes, with the Green bank telescope in the distance
The Green Bank Telescope in the mist.
The Beard House is home to one of the older telescopes on site