Future Space
Imagine yourself in the breathtaking Atacama Desert of Chile. The air is dry and clear, and the night sky unveils a dazzling display of stars and nebulae, visible to the naked eye. Then, atop the Cerro Armazones, standing tall at 3,046 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level, you notice the pitch-black silhouette of what will become humanity’s largest eye fixed on the cosmos: the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The name might sound a bit cartoonish, almost like something from Mel Brooks’ “Spaceballs” (remember the scene with “Ludicrous Speed”?), but it actually belongs to a colossal machine that is set to unlock incredible mysteries about our universe.
Credit Insane Curiosity