High and dry at ALMA
High on the Chajnantor plateau, 5000 metres altitude in northern Chile lies the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The largest astronomical project in existence (to date) has recently been inaugurated and "heralds a new era of discovery".
Credit:ESO/S. Fandango
About the Image
Id: | 0813_2142_fandango |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 6 May 2014, 12:20 |
Size: | 5760 x 3840 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | ALMA |
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