Mounted image 004: Chajnantor plateau from the south at sunrise in 2007

A view across the Chajnantor plain in the first light of a January morning. The low angle of the incident light nicely reveals the topography of this area: the eastern part of the Andes, on Bolivian and Argentine territory, is already illuminated, while the west (Chile) is still shaded by the 5000-metre high mountains. The heart of the ALMA antenna array will be located close to the centre of this image, though the 66 separate antennas will spread over the plateau.

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ESO/H.H.Heyer

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Id:mounted_0004
Veröffentlichungsdatum:15. März 2011 16:07
Dimensions:80 cm (W) x 20.4 cm (H) x 1 cm (D)
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