Rainbow over the ALMA site

Unusual double rainbow over the OSF, the ALMA Operational Support Facility, located on the road to Chajnantor. The ALMA site is one of the driest places on Earth. However, storms exceptionally occur during the so called “Altiplanic winter”.

Credit:
A. Caproni (ESO)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

About the Image

Id:aca_3571
Type:Photographic
Release date:6 May 2010, 10:47
Size:1286 x 854 px

About the Object

Name:Chajnantor
Type:Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Rainbow
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:ALMA

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