ALMA antennas seen from above

The beautiful image above shows the array of ALMA antennas on the Chajnantor Plateau, the large ones with a diameter of 12 metres, and the ALMA Compact Array (ACA), made up of 12 antennas with a diameter of 7 metres each. Further striking aerial images taken by Wings for Science of ESO observatories in Chile will be published at a later date on the ESO web pages.

Credit:

Clem & Adri Bacri-Normier (wingsforscience.com)/ESO

About the Image

Id:ann13021a
Type:Photographic
Release date:7 March 2013, 11:30
Related announcements:ann13021
Size:5227 x 3570 px

About the Object

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

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