2026-04-13 07:00 UTC
Taxi, please! 🚖👋
ALMA consists of 66 antennas that work together like a single gigantic telescope in the Chilean Andes. They can be rearranged in different layouts to discern various levels of detail.
This is where these yellow trucks come in. Each truck can carry a 100-tonne antenna and put it in place with a precision of a few millimetres!
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2615a/
📷 S. Otarola/ESO
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science
Replies (5)
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@plumeros@swiss.social 2026-04-13 07:21
@esoastronomy Hi, what's your job? I'm truck driver in the desert of Chile!
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@MurmeltHier@climatejustice.social 2026-04-13 07:37
@esoastronomy Woah! Didn't know that - thats fascinating.
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@strawhousepig@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 08:50
@esoastronomy Have to wonder what could happen if you coordinated with the VLA? Though I know next to nothing, it sounds like a grand idea.
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@Robo105@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 11:46
@esoastronomy I love science
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@soaproot@sfba.social 2026-04-14 04:28
@esoastronomy Oh, OK, but I think the rail system at the VLA is super cool. (Go to their visitor center and see how it works sometime).