Cerro Chajnantor Radio Telescopes

[Ellen Brown]

I've been reading about this array of Radio Telescopes that apparently sit at 18,000 feet altitude. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the Internet about them. I'm thinking that the operators must be at a remote location at a much lower altitude? From the pictures I have found it does not look like there is any human occupation up there. How can I find out more?

 

[rocala]

This is the only one I know about at that sort of altitude.

University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) 5,640 m (18,500 ft) Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Desert, Chile 22°59′12″S 67°44′32″W 2009 Optical, infrared

The same observatory does, I believe have radio telescopes at 16,000 ft.

 

[Ellen Brown]

This is the only one I know about at that sort of altitude.

University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory - Wikipedia

Yes, that is it. I am trying to find more information.

 

[Skwim]

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Might want to try HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE


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[Ellen Brown]

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Might want to try HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE


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18,000 feet is far to high for humans on a sustained basis. They don't say anything about that aspect of it. Perhaps the instruments are up there and cabling runs down to a much lower elevation? It might be possible for operators to remain up there if supplementary oxygen was provided? Just wondering, really.

La Paz sits at 12,000 feet, so I suppose they have acclimated to it?