Dramatic moonset
The full Moon sets on the horizon of the Chajnantor plateau, right behind the APEX telescope. In order to obtain this effect, the picture was taken with a powerful zoom lens, from a few kilometres away. APEX is a 12-metre diameter telescope used to observe the Universe in millimetre- and submillimetre-wavelength radiation.
Credit:G. Gillet/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | gordon-gillet_5 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 27 April 2010, 11:58 |
| Size: | 3504 x 2336 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | APEX |
