The ALMA City

26 February, 2013 / Read time: 1 minute

This short documentary video shows the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), located at an altitude of 2900 meters above sea level. In this place a small city has been built for the observatory workers and contractors, who keep rotating shifts of 8 days of work and 7 days of rest.

This city will be renovated in 2014, where the Residence will be built, which will have more amenities, rooms for visitors and improvements in the quality of life.

Credits: NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO & ESO/S. Guisard, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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