Construction work on EVALSO

EVALSO (Enabling Virtual Access to Latin American Southern Observatories) is a new communications infrastructure supporting ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The construction of the main 100km long data cable (pictured) took place in the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert. This new link gives ESO’s Paranal Observatory, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s Cerro Armazones Observatory a high-capacity connection to send observational data back to Europe.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso1043b
Type:Photographic
Release date:4 November 2010, 18:30
Related releases:eso1043
Size:5616 x 3744 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Desert
Type:Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface
Category:Paranal

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