CHAJNANTOR PICTURE BOOK

Topographic Map, 122kB jpeg: from a DEM covering about 51 x 51 km with 50 m pixels. The model's irregular northern edge reflects missing data (source ALMA maps).

Some pictures from a trip in 1997, showing the working environment:

547kB gif: Base Camp: Hotel at San Pedro de Atacama

412kB gif: Arriving at the site: a view to Cerro Purico to the South.

524kB gif: From the NRAO container, looking East to Cerro Chajnantor, Cerro Toco on the left.

511kB gif: View of the plateau looking West, one of the antennae of the 300m baseline interferometer antennas is visible to the left.