Radio telescope antennas of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) project are seen in the Chajnantor plateau, Atacama desert, some 1500 km north of Santiago, on March 12,2013.  

On Wednesday, in an extremely dry desert having an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world's largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business ready to examine the universe with a never before known factor.

Moreover, Mr Gianni Marconi, an astronomer with the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array, better known as ALMA explained, what is so very special about this place is that, right here above their heads, there is virtually no water vapor and that there is just so little that whatever light is emitted from a heavenly body, galaxy or star, it gets here with no interference.

In fact, he emphasized  proudly that this is the largest observatory that has ever been built.

To conclude, ALMA is known to be a joint effort among North American, European and Asian agencies.

It's undoubtedly an astronomical excellence created!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)