The best is yet to come

This image shows the newly flattened Cerro Armazones site, which engineers levelled with in a series of blasts in June 2014. They aimed to remove a total of 220 000 cubic metres of rock for the 300 x 150 metres platform, in preparation of the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).

Crédit:

M. Struik (CERN)/ESO

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Identification:g0021006-final-cc
Type:Photographique
Date de publication:19 septembre 2016 12:22
Taille:4000 x 2250 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Cerro Armazones, Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Catégorie:ELT

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