Chris Carilli (NRAO) Berlin June 29, 2005 Ionized Neutral Ionized.

Chris Carilli (NRAO)

Berlin June 29, 2005Ionized

Neutral

Ionized

Chris Carilli (NRAO)

Berlin June 29, 2005

WMAP – structure from the big bang

Hubble Space Telescope Realm of the Galaxies

Dark Ages

Age of Enlightenment

Sloan Quasar at 1/16 Age Universe

VLA/NRAO IRAM 30mMPG/CNRS

IRAM-PdBI MPG/CNRSDust and Gas in the

most distant quasar

Atacama Large mm Array: Imaging the first galaxies

Atacama Path-finder Experiment (MPIfR/ESO)

Square Kilometer Array: Tomography of cosmic reionization (simulation courtesy N. Gnedin)

Main hurdle: Terrestrial Interference

Destination: Moon!

KNMD Ch 9 Digital TV

Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain

A. von Humboldt 1811

“The New Mexicans were mostly poor and lived a miserable existence. Their towns were nothing more than collections of huts.”

“Although New Mexico lies at the same latitude as Syria, its climate instead of being hot is extremely cold. In the upper part of the province frost occurs as late as mid-May.”

Great Socorro Hailstorm Sept 8, 2004

“The road from Chihuahua city to Santa Fe, by way of Socorro and Albuquerque, is beautiful and wide. It ascends the east bank of the Rio Grande through pleasant groves of cottonwoods.”

Square Kilometer Array: Tomography of cosmic reionization