Looking for the origins of the universe in one of Earth's least habitable places (photos)

by Laura Shin  |  April 8, 2012  |  Image 7 of 9

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One of the ALMA antennas, with two more in the background, on the Chajnantor plain of the Chilean Andes. Read about ALMA in this story. (Iztok Bončina/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO))

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