Dwarfed by mountains
While inhospitable to humans, Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile is the perfect place for millimetre/submillimetre astronomy, such as employed in the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillietre Array (ALMA). Some of the telescope's antennas can be seen as tiny specks near the bottom of the photo.
The extreme 5000-m altitude, combined with the very arid environment, makes for some glorious landscape shots.
Credit:ESO/Y. Beletsky
About the Image
Id: | beletsky-alma-26-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 25 November 2016, 13:08 |
Size: | 7360 x 4912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Chajnantor |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |
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