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ALMA radiotelescopes

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: o-cha01-01068

Image Size 300 DPI: 90 * 46 cm

The crescent moon and Pleiades star cluster in dusk colors from ALMA observatory, an array of 66 large radio telescopes, 5000 meters high on the Andes. In the time-exposure image a giant antenna transporter reposition a dish that weights over 100 tons. Located in northern Chile and organized internationally, ALMA is one of the world's highest and most complex observatories.

Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ALMA - ANDES - ANTENNA - ASTRONOMY - ATACAMA - CHAJNANTOR - CHILE - CRESCENT - LANDSCAPE - LAST CRESCENT - M45 - MILLIMETER - MOON - MOVEMENT - OBSERVATORY - PLEIADES - POSTER - RADIO - RADIOTELESCOPE - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - TWILIGHT -