APEX on snowy Chajnantor

The 12-metre dish of the ESO operated Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope points towards the blue sky in the foreground of a snowy scene on Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile. One of the numerous peaks surrounding the site, which also hosts the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), can be seen.

Credit:

N. Aros Marzá/ESO

About the Image

Id:img_7868-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 November 2015, 10:44
Size:4703 x 2995 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Chajnantor
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:APEX

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