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Aerial Photos

Aerial view of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, showing six antennas and buildings.
Side on aerieal view of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, showing six antennas, buildings, hills and the blue sky in the background.
Low aerial view of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, with DSS43 large in the foreground on an angle, and four antennas in the background, along with hills and cloudy sky.
Side on aerial view of the canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, with hills and misty cloud in the background.

Site Photos and Panoramas

A field with brown and black cows in the foreground with four antennas of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in the background.
Deep Space Station 35 in the foreground facing away from the camera, with Deep Space Station 45 in the beackground on the left facing away and Deep Space Station 36 to the right in the background facing up. Grass surrounding with blue sky and clouds in the background.
A rock bed, Deep Space Station 35 on an angle in the left of the photo and Deep Space Station 36 in the background. Hills behind and a blue sky with clouds.
View of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex from a hill showing trees in the foreground, and the antennas and hills in the background. A mostly cloudy sky.

Deep Space Station 43

The antenna Deep Space Station 43 facing towards, showing the cone structure int eh middle and the quad legs. Grass and bushes in front with spring colours and blue sky behind.
Sunset photo of Deep Space Station 43 antenna on a bit of an angle facing away. The image is red-yellow in colour from the setting Sun. Hills in the background, some clouds in the sky.
Sunset photo showing the back of Deep Space Station 43, and the Sun partially hidden by a tree. Grass and other trees a yellowy-colour from the setting Sun.
Feed horns of deep space station 43 in the foreground with part of the a leg on other side from the quad structure, the edge of the dish in the background with blue sky and a half Moon above it.
Black and white moody photo of Deep Space Station 43 antenna facing away with varying shades of cloud in the background.
Deep SPace Station 43 on an angle showing the receiving cone and quad legs, a road in front, green grass, a green leafy tree and blue sky.
Back of the dish structure of Deep Space Station 43 with the top of a tree at the bottom of the image.
Close up shot of the dish of Deep Space Station 43 showing the cone structure in the middle and the quad legs and subreflector.

Deep Space Station 34

The antenna Deep Space Station 34 facing away from the camera, showing the driveway that leads under the antenna, hills and blue sky in the background.
Deep Space Station 34 facing away, green fields, and blue sky with clouds.
Most of the structure of Deep Space Station 34, dishing facing almost straight up with the Sun behind the subreflector at the top of the quad legs. Blue sky.
The subreflector of Deep Space Station 34 with part of the quad leg structure leading to it, the Sun shining out from behind the bottom of the subreflector dish.

Deep Space Station 35

Deep Space Station 35 on an angle showing the quad legs and subreflector with hills, grass, another antenna in the background and cloudy sky.
Deep Space Station 35 showing the dish, quad legs and subreflector, green grass in front, hills behind and a blue sky with clouds.
Deep Space Station 35 close up facing straight up, with a bright blue sky in the background with some clouds and trees.
Deep Space Station 35 in shadow with a bright cloudy sky behind.

Deep Space Station 35 Construction

Sections of the pedestal structure of Deep Space Station 35 on the ground with a crane attached to part of it, hills and blue sky in the background.
The ribs of the dish structure with no panels covering them, blue sky with clouds behind.
A crane lifting the dish for Deep Space Station 35 on to its pedestal structure. Quad legs sitting on the left, hills behind being lit up by sunrise.
Crane attached to the dish of Deep Space Station 35 with the dish now sitting on the pedestal. Blue sky and hills behind, a yellow glow on the ground from the rising Sun.

Deep Space Station 36

Deep Space Station 36 facing straight up showing hills and blue sky with sun rays.
Deep Space Station 36 from the back showing the pedestal and back of the dish, hills and Deep Space Station 35 in the background with blue sky.
Deep Space Station 36 on an angle showing the surface of the dish, blue sky with clouds and hills in the background.
Deep Space Station 36 on an angle lit up by the Sun, bright blue sky with clouds and hills behind.

Deep Space Station 36 Construction

Concrete being poured onto the metal structured circular base of the pedestal. People standing on the structure.
Part of the pedestal structure of the antenna with no dish, showing the entrance to the underground pedestal.
Part of the structure of the pedestal of the antenna with a partially built dish structure sitting beside it.
Crane lowering the dish of Deep Space Station 36 on to the pedestal structure. Quad legs sitting to the left of the antenna with blue sky behind.

Deep Space Station 45

Deep Space Station 45 on an angle, showing the dish surface and receiver structure, DSS-34 in the far background.
The back of the antenna dish Deep Space Station 45.
Antenna Deep Space Station 45 facing up with a very blue sky and two other antennas in the background.
Deep Space Station 45 facing away with the Sun shining just above the top of it.

Deep Space Station 46

Deep Space Station 46 on an angle facing right, showing part of its receiver cone, with stormy clouds behind.
The antenna Deep Space Station 46 facing straight up with a very blue sky behind it.
Antenna Deep Space Station 46 facing straight up with trees in the foreground, cloudy sky and a rainbow in the background.
Closer view of Deep Space Station 46 facing straight up with a blue sky and the Sun peaking over the left hand edge of the dish.

Deep Space Station 42

Black and white photo of antenna Deep Space Station 42 facing straight up, with a low building in front.
Black and white photo of antenna Deep Space Station 42 on an angle showing the dish, receiving cone and quad legs. Trees and hills in the background.
Aerial black and white photo of antenna Deep Space Station 42 facing straight up, with some buildings around it.
Wide aerial view showing Deep Space Station 42 facing up from a distance plus some buildings and roads.

Some of Our Wildlife - Otherwise Known as the Space Menagerie

Lizard sitting on an rock in front of trees and the antenna Deep Space Station 43.
Bird looking into the camera from the top with the antenna Deep Space Station 35 being constructed behind it.
Kangaroo standing upright looking at the camera.
Black, grey, and yellow bird with a fanned tail looking at the camera sitting on a branch.
Orange, black and white butterfly sitting on white and pink flowers
White bird with grey wings and red eyes sitting on a branch
Eagle flying with a blue sky with clouds behind
A red and green parrot sitting in front of a mostly green parrot in a tree