ALMA transporter
One of ALMA's two transporters carries an antenna to a new location on the Chajnantor plateau.
Each of these vehicles is 20 metres long, 10 metres wide and 6 metres high, and has 28 tyres. Even empty, the vehicles weigh in at 130 tonnes apiece.
Credit:Enrico Sacchetti/ESO
About the Image
Id: | alma_022-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 July 2015, 15:30 |
Size: | 4460 x 5518 px |
About the Object
Name: | ALMA transporters, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology |
Category: | ALMA |