E-ELT blasting from very close-up
Today a groundbreaking ceremony took place to mark the next major milestone towards ESO’s European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Part of the 3000-metre peak of Cerro Armazones was blasted away as a step towards levelling the summit in preparation for the construction of the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world.
5000 cubic metres of rock was removed, as seen in this video from a distance of a few hundred metres. It was the first in a series of blastings aimed to remove a total of 220 000 cubic metres of rock for the 300 x 150 metres platform.
Credit:ESO
About the Video
Id: | eso1419a |
Release date: | 19 June 2014, 23:20 |
Related releases: | eso1419 |
Duration: | 39 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Armazones, Extremely Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Unspecified : People : Other/General |
Category: | ELT Events People and Events (disabled) |