ALMA Project In Atacama Desert, Chile

ATACAMA, CHILE - JULY 11: Radio telescope antennas at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on July 11, 2013 at the Chajnantor Plateau, Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), is currently the largest radio telescope in the world. It is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, where its antennas sit at 5000 m.a.s.l. on the Chajnantor Plateau. Its construction is the result of an international effort and association between Europe (ESO), North America (NRAO) and East Asia (NAOJ), in collaboration with the Republic of Chile, to build the observatory of the Dark Universe. (Photo by Ronald Patrick/Getty Images)