Atacama Hub

**Goal:** Jaw-drop “this is our sky” moment + telescopes.

Slide 7 – Atacama, Chile – Dark Sky Commons

Panoramic view of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest astronomy project in existence, located at the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The image was taken by Stefan Seip, one of the ESO Photo Ambassadors. - wikimedia

Home to world-leading observatories and debates over dark-sky protection. Natural host for an edition centred on orbits, mega-constellations and the sky as a knowledge commons.

# Image ideas

1. Panoramic view of ALMA antennas on the plateau – panoramic daytime landscape. 1. Night panorama with Milky Way over ALMA – very strong for the idea of protecting dark skies.

An equirectangular panorama view of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Overhead, the Milky Way shines brightly. Taken during the ESO Ultra HD Expedition - wikimedia

The ALMA observatory is situated on the breathtaking Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes, at an altitude of around 5000 metres. Chajnantor is the highest major observatory site in the world, and the atmosphere above the plateau is the driest in the world, with the exception of Antarctica - almaobservatory.org

Use one as the main slide and the other as a “wow” full-bleed background in a later section.

# Locations

SEARCH -22.9868264, -67.7419583 Cerro Chajnantor, San Pedro de Atacama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta Region, Chile