🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin
🇺🇸 United States · 34.0787, -107.6177
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“A second unit gathered plate shots and establishing shots of Manhattan, Washington, D.C., an RV community in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Independence Day 1996
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Contact
1997
“One example being that, despite having 27 radio telescopes, the VLA is actually smaller and less sensitive than the Arecibo Observatory—making Arecibo a better location for SETI work, if possibly a less photogenic filming location than the VLA.” Wikipedia
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
1984
“The majority of the film was shot on MGM's soundstages in Culver City, California, with the exception of a week of location work in Washington, DC, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and at the Very Large Array in New Mexico.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, including Independence Day (1996), Contact (1997) and 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array?
Independence Day (1996), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array?
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is in the United States, at 34.0787, -107.6177.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Hajor, CC BY-SA 3.0.