Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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| San Pedro de Atacama is by definition "tropical". It lies just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. |
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| The official Tropic of Capricorn marker. |
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| We were supposed to get a tour of ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), a radio astronomy observatory near San Pedro that is at an altitude of more than 16,000 feet. Unfortunately, all we got to see were drive-bys of the entrance guard house ... |
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| ... and the Operations Support Facility with offices and housing that are at a much more livable 9,500 ft. |
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