Cordon Macon, a candidate site of the E-ELT

I recently spotted this great image on the ESO website, where it was “ESO Chile Image of the Month” a while ago.  It’s an eastward view over Cordon Macon, located in the Argentinian province of Salta and one of the candidate sites for the European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT. The equipment used for monitoring of the site is just a tiny speck on the ridge, shown enlarged in the inset.

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