Fiery sundown

This fiery sundown is pictured at ESO's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — a state-of-the-art telescope to study light from some of the coldest objects in the Universe. ALMA is the largest astronomical project in existence and is on the breathtaking location of the Chajnantor Plateau, at 5000 metres altitude in the Chilean Andes. This photo reflects the new dawn of astronomy as the array approaches completion and begins to address some of the deepest questions of our cosmic origins.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:130515_alma_sundown
Type:Photographic
Release date:12 February 2014, 00:35
Size:3218 x 2277 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Type:Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Sunrise-Sunset
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ALMA

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