18 November 2008

WW - Jodrell Bank

This week's entry for the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of Wordless Wednesday.

57 comments:

Dragonstar said...

It's an incredible sight!

Juliana said...

wow...lucky you can take those shot

thanks drop at my ww post

Unknown said...

Fantastic. I always liked the name.

Anonymous said...

wow! Perfect shot I am wordless... Have a great day!

Anonymous said...

WOWEEEE!!!! Great shot! what exactly is that, a bank office?

Colin Campbell said...

Lovelly Telescope!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful shot! We're listening! :)

Happy WW :)

My WW entries for today are at:

Pastyme With Good Companye

The Paranormal Blog

Nuttin' But

Please stop by if you have a moment :)

Anonymous said...

Wow, that's an amazing site...
Hope all is well with you Jams...

Mojo said...

My first thought was that it looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. I was waiting for the metallic voice saying "People of Earth, attention. We come in peace."

(Lying beggars! They never came in peace!)

Maddy said...

It's the scale that's the killer.
Cheers

Mama Duck said...

Wow, that is so cool!! Thanks for sharing ;).

Anonymous said...

This shot has a rather "Stars Wars" effect on the eye. Amazing!

Anonymous said...

That's amazing. I love the way you shot it.

Gabriel said...

That's a really cool picture, Jams. Very impressive!

I'm in Bedford, England, this week, so we're almost neighbours! :-)

Jackie said...

Wow this is incredible!! I've never heard of it or seen it before.

Great shot and I am obviously running late.

I am headed to get mine ready now!!
Happy WW:-))

SandyCarlson said...

Wow. That's an incredible thingy doodle. Probably gets all the channels plus a few aliens.

Sreisaat said...

That's a massive, massive dish! I wonder how many thousands of pounds is spent to maintain this facility every year?

Rhonda Gales said...

Wow, that is huge! Nice shot.

Lori said...

It reminds me of that movie with Jodie Foster when she was trying to contact the aliens. I believe it was actually called CONTACT. Great shot...Happy WW.

Detroit said...

Cool - I want to climb right up there and check everything out!

Ratzzz said...

hey thats huge... happy WW!!

Indrani said...

Massive!! I would have simply stared.

Momstart said...

just stopping by. and WOW

Anonymous said...

Looks so heavy! I haven't seen sumtin like this in our place! happy WW!

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jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone

Anonymous said...

Great shot. I love the film "The Dish". You must see it if you haven't yet. I also love Wallace and Gromit, so thanks for the heads up on the new film. I suppose it'll take us longer to get it over here in the U.S. But I'm looking forward to it.

Heart of Rachel said...

That's a humongous dish. That's a great angle.

MaR said...

I'd love to have one of those...
Happy WW!

Hootin Anni said...

That's colossal!! And the photo is so sharp and clear. Once again, your photography skills must be commended!!

Thanks for stopping by my W W, Jams.

Anonymous said...

Very nice b & w shot! Love it! happy ww!

Anonymous said...

A very impressive sight and a great shot too!

Le Butterfly said...

Sjoe - good capture.

Shannon said...

That is one big satellite dish.

Shannon said...

That is one big satellite dish.

Anonymous said...

Nice photo

Anonymous said...

Nice photo

jams o donnell said...
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jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone!

Anonymous said...

high tech!hehehe , nice shot.thanks for visiting.:)

Jientje said...

That's very impressive jams!!

Cascia Talbert said...

That's a nice photo. What exactly is it? Happy WW! Mine is up. Visit Healthy Moms for information on our latest give away.

catsynth said...

That is very impressive, both as a work of architecture and technology. And your photo has great lines, angles and light.

Anonymous said...

what a great pic. it looks like the one in puerto rico.

Happy WW! Have you ever seen Hummingbird Babies?

Anonymous said...

what a great pic. it looks like the one in puerto rico.

Happy WW! Have you ever seen Hummingbird Babies?

Anonymous said...

what a great pic. it looks like the one in puerto rico.

Happy WW! Have you ever seen Hummingbird Babies?

DNLee said...

WOW. That thing is HUGE! and this is such a great shot - the sepia. I must start playing around with my camera and trying out stuff like this.

And you know I love Science. thanks for sharing!

The website of JB says 2009 is the Internat'l yr of Astronomy. I just got a notice from my society that is the Year of Science. All science, all year!

Happy WW

Jan Parrish said...

It looked pretty big until I saw the people. That thing is monstrous! Great selection.

Unknown said...

Now that is huge!!

jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone. Jodrell Bank is I think the 3rd largest radio telescope in the world. It is a national icon

Toia said...

WOW!! That thing is huge!! Imagine the cable channels you can get on that thing :)

Great pic......as usual!!!

jams o donnell said...

You'd probably get MTV Saturn!

Anonymous said...

Amazing shot!

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Napaboaniya.Elaine Ling said...

Any TV addict will love to have this in their backyard :P

Thanks for the well wishes for my daughter, she has been discharged and is currently under home observation.

Jim said...

Hi Jams, that is a nice picture. I have always wanted to tour a radio telescope facility but never made it. I did work at an Air Force Satellite Tracking station way back when that had a 60 foot dish. It was never configured to be a telescope antenna but we did put it on the ham bands occasionally.
Happy WW! I am very late today.
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Robin said...

Great shot, not something most of us get to see.

Anonymous said...

That is super cool :)