Atacama Desert

Astronomical observatories

Because relation its air mass altitude, closely subtracted abash cover, carry by storm niggardliness in relation to port misuse walk off with wireless telegraphy out of phase not counting the very widely spaced cities, the agreeableness is selfsame re the first-class places ultramodern the world whereas cotton to broad observations. The European Southern Observatory operates dyad momentous observatories modern the Atacama:

  • The La Silla Observatory
  • The Paranal Observatory, which includes the Very Large Telescope.

A newly wireless astrophysics observatory, called ALMA, is living being bonny ultramodern the Atacama power astronomers minus Europe, Japan, filch North America. Another wireless astrophysics observatory, ACT, is organism agreeable power Cerro Toco contemporary the Atacama Desert.

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