ALMA Observatory Antennas Explore Space From High Plateau of Chilean Desert

CHAJNANTOR PLATEAU, CHILE – AUGUST 26: American astronomical data analyst Tristan Ashton visits the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope on August 26, 2022 on the Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile. The radio telescope is composed of 66 high-precision antennas, most at 12-meter diameters, which act together as a single telescope, the largest in the world. Located at more than 5,000 meters altitude on the Chajnantor Plateau of the Atacama Desert, ALMA is the result of an international association between Europe (ESO), North America (NRAO) and East Asia (NAOJ), in collaboration with the Republic of Chile. Ashton, who works for NRAO, is from Austin, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)