ALMA's mechanical beasts of burden
A close up of one of the ALMA transporters. These 130-tonne mechanical beasts of burden heave their formidable frames along on a set of 28 wheels, at a top speed of 20 km/h. They are used to reposition ALMA antennas across the Chajnator plateau, and, despite their monstrous size, they do it with millimeter precision.
Credit:Enrico Sacchetti/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | alma_021-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 July 2015, 15:54 |
| Size: | 7360 x 4912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ALMA transporters |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology |
| Category: | ALMA |
