SETI
SIGNALS: Rick Forester surveys radio telescopes at Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Hat Creek. When completed, the array will have 350 telescopes functioning as a single unit. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
HELLO? ANYBODY THERE? Forster loves Hat Creek, but he also has a sense of humor about it, as his office doormat shows. Soon 42 dishes, installed jointly by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute and UC Berkeley, will be ready to operate. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
ALL THE ANGLES: Tourists take shots of the radio telescope array, which is funded primarily by
LISTENING POST: With 350 dishes, Hat Creek will have the worlds biggest radio telescope made to seek alien intelligence. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
