Mighty metal

The mighty metallic panels that comprise the dish of this 12-metre Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antenna glisten in the sunlight in this stunning shot from the Chajnantor Plateau.

These metallic panels create a large reflecting surface that plays the same role as the mirror of an optical telescope: it collects radiation coming from distant astronomical objects, and focuses it into a detector that measures the radiation.

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ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)

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Identification:dsc1292-cc
Type:Photographique
Date de publication:28 octobre 2015 10:36
Taille:6016 x 4016 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Catégorie:ALMA

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