Chajnantor at sunset
The ALMA telescope sees the Universe in "light" that has wavelengths of millimetres or less, and reveals, for example, star-forming regions in our galaxy that would otherwise be hidden from astronomers. But it cannot see the spectacle of a Chajnantor sunset in visible light, as photographed here by one of ESO's Photo Ambassadors who is visiting all of ESO's observatories in Chile. He is a member of the Fulldome Expedition team, whose objective is to obtain images for use in planetarium presentations.
Credit:P. Horálek/ESO
About the Image
Id: | upr_img_5528-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 12 April 2016, 12:47 |
Size: | 5472 x 2497 px |
About the Object
Name: | Chajnantor |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Sunrise-Sunset |
Category: | ALMA |
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