Warming light
The warm glow of the Sun glints over the Licancabur volcano , close to the ALMA site. The ice figures in the ground are called "penitentes", a curious natural phenomenon found in high-altitude regions. They are thin spikes of hardened snow or ice, with sharp edges pointing towards the Sun, reaching heights from a few centimetres up to several metres
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | licancabur-sunrise1 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 23 April 2013, 11:40 |
Size: | 4759 x 2464 px |
About the Object
Name: | Chajnantor |
Type: | Unspecified |
Category: | Chile |
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