Mighty metal

The mighty metallic panels that comprise the dish of this 12-metre Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antenna glisten in the sunlight in this stunning shot from the Chajnantor Plateau.

These metallic panels create a large reflecting surface that plays the same role as the mirror of an optical telescope: it collects radiation coming from distant astronomical objects, and focuses it into a detector that measures the radiation.

Crediti:

ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)

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Identificazione:dsc1292-cc
Tipo:Fotografico
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 28 Ottobre 2015 10:36
Grandezza:6016 x 4016 px

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Nome:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categoria:ALMA

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