South Pole of the Southern Sky

Long exposure during the night in the desert. The image hasn't been cleaned from digital noise but you can see the soutern cross on the left, with the two pointing stars below, and a bright part of the milkyway above. More to the right you see traces of the big and the small Magellanean cloud.

Hightech in the Desert: Observatorio Paranal

March 26th 2006
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. For that reason it has been chosen as a site for various space telescopes. Astronomers and Astrophysicists value the dry atmosphere and the little amount of diffused light due to the remotenes because it gives them a much clearer view into the sky. It makes visits to the telescopes quite difficult though. I had arranged a visit to the telescope of ... read more

South America » Chile » Atacama » Cerro Paranal

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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