ALMA at home

Like a confused colony of penguins, ALMA turns its numerous heads this way and that on the Chajnantor plateau. Although, in fact, they are perfectly at home here, as the superb aridity of the plateau means that far less submillimetre radiation is absorbed and attenuated by water vapour than would be the case closer to sea level, where an actual colony of penguins would be far happier.

Credit:

M. Najjar/ESO

About the Image

Id:alma_06-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:22 April 2015, 14:40
Size:6893 x 4718 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ALMA

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