Radio telescope antennas of the ALMA, at 5,000m high in the arid Atacama desert

Radio telescope antennas of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) project, are pictured in the Chajnantor plateau, Atacama desert, Chile. The ALMA, an international partnership project of Europe, North America and East Asia with the cooperation of Chile, is presently the largest astronomical project in the world. When finished, it will consist of 66 high precision antennas that will work as a single telescope, located at 5,000m high in the arid Atacama desert.

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