ALMA maintenance
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — a state-of-the-art telescope to study light from some of the coldest objects in the Universe — operates high on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes. ALMA comprises 66 high-precision antennae, each weighing in at over 100 tons. The bright orange crane indicates that work continues both night and day at ALMA, with a massive effort to keep all the antennae in top working condition.
Credit:M. Struik (CERN)/ESO
About the Image
Id: | g0010162-final-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 September 2016, 09:48 |
Size: | 3589 x 2019 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |