Rainbow over the ALMA site

Unusual rainbow and dramatic clouds over the ALMA site. Although it is one of the driest places on Earth, storms coming from the East, exceptionally penetrate the high Andes during the so called “Altiplanic winter”.

Credit:

A. Caproni (ESO)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

About the Image

Id:aca_3573
Type:Photographic
Release date:6 May 2010, 10:47
Size:4288 x 2722 px

About the Object

Name:Chajnantor
Type:Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Rainbow
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ALMA

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