Feeling green
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is situated more than 5000 metres above sea level in the Chilean desert, on the Chajnantor plateau. Here, the dry air and thin atmosphere allow a spectacular view into the Universe and make it the perfect place for such a sensitive telescope. An artificial green glow illuminates one of ALMA's 66 antennas, as it observes the Milky Way above.
Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
About the Image
Id: | nik5597-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 26 October 2016, 12:24 |
Size: | 7173 x 4782 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |
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