Green Bank Residency Progress: Radio Astronomy in Platinum, Part II

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.)

 

A platinum/palladium print of the 140 Foot Telescope at Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The 140′ telescope at sunset

A platinum/palladium print of 85-2 Radio Telescope with Green Bank Telescope, at the Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The 85-2 Radio Telescope, with the Green Bank Telescope in the background

A platinum/palladium print of a sunset shot taken from the interferometry road between the 85-2 and 85-3 telescopes, with the Green Bank Telescope in the Background, at Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory

A sunset shot from the interferometry road between the 85-2 and 85-3 telescopes, with the Green bank telescope in the distance

A platinum/palladium print of the Green Bank Telescope, at the Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The Green Bank Telescope in the mist.

A platinum/palladium print of one of the oldest telescopes at Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory, in the back of the Beard House.

The Beard House is home to one of the older telescopes on site