Mounted image 96: Snow at the ALMA site
High in the Chilean Andes, at 5000 metres above sea level, one of ALMA’s giant antenna transporters contemplates an unexpected sight — a delicate dusting of snow whitens the breathtaking landscape of the Chajnantor plateau, home of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project. Snow is a very rare event here — this is one of the driest places in the world, making it ideal for ALMA’s astronomical observations.
Credit:
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
About the Mounted Image
Buy in shop| Id: | mounted_096 |
| Release date: | 23 March 2011, 14:53 |
| Dimensions: | 35 cm (W) x 26 cm (H) |
| Related archive image: | potw1019a |