Cutting the red ribbon

Cutting the red ribbon at the ALMA Operation Support Facility (OSF). In the middle, the mayor of San Pedro de Atacama, Sandra Berna, inaugurates the first stage in the construction of the OSF ALMA Building. From left to right: Carlos Cantero (senator of Chile's second region), Felix Mirabel (ESO Representative in Chile), Gabriel Vives (executive of the Chilean construction consortium VVMO) and Hans Rykaczewski (European ALMA Project Manager).

Credit:

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

About the Image

Id:eso0713a
Type:Photographic
Release date:14 March 2007
Related releases:eso0713
Size:3072 x 2040 px

About the Object

Name:Chajnantor
Type:Unspecified : People : Scientist
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:ALMA

Image Formats

Large JPEG
1.4 MB
Screensize JPEG
198.8 KB

Wallpapers

1024x768
254.7 KB
1280x1024
398.4 KB
1600x1200
552.5 KB
1920x1200
657.6 KB
2048x1536
839.2 KB