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| A photo of one of the VLT optical telescopes at work. The four bright lines are the most powerful lasers ever put on a telescope and are used to provide a "synthetic star" that can be used to correct atmospheric distortion in the telescopic image - a technique called adaptive optics. Image credit: ESO/S. Lowery. |
Somebody wants to build a hydrogen plant on the coast of Chile just 60 miles south of the VLT on Mount Paranal. The observatory people are just a little teed off about this, claiming that the lights from the plant would compromise their view of the sky. The Silicon Graybeard has the story.
Locations in Chile:
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| Atacama Desert, Chile Blue markers are observatories Orange Markers are mountains Northern Red marker is location of proposed hydrogen plant Southern Red marker is a copper mine |
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