Site testing in Karoo, South Africa

Overcast sky over the site testing station in the Karoo region, after a rain. The Karoo is a semi-desertic region in the west of South Africa. Sites were tested there between 1955 and 1957.

Credit:

J. Dommaget/ESO and J. Boulon/ESO

About the Image

Id:south-africa-1961-06
Type:Photographic
Release date:21 September 2011, 12:19
Size:2542 x 1681 px

About the Object

Name:Africa, Site Test
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Unspecified : People
Category:People and Events

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