In the Chilean Andes, the view from Chajnantor Plateau is breathtaking in multiple ways. The atmosphere is extremely dry and 50% sea level pressure. This place is ideal for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array(ALMA), which is designed to explore the universe at wavelengths over 1,000 times longer than visible light. The ALMA is an international partnership between Europe, North America and East Asia and is the largest astronomical project in existence. At the left of this picture, a meteor's streak and the milky way galaxies, the large and small magellanic clouds GRACE the night.
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