Desert from above

This is a birds eye view of the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama Desert. This dry and difficult landscape is home to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — a state-of-the-art telescope to study light from some of the coldest objects in the Universe.

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ESO

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Id:birdseye
Type:Fotografisch
Publicatiedatum:12 augustus 2013 15:11
Grootte:1544 x 510 px

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Naam:Chajnantor
Type:Unspecified
Categorie:ALMA

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