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The Chajnantor Plateau, where the 66 ALMA antennas are located, is 16,400 feet above sea level in the middle of the Andes.</p> <p>Until recently there was only one building in the world that was at a slightly higher altitude: a train station in the Himalayas, Tibet. However, TAO, the Atacama Observatory of the University of Tokyo, was recently inaugurated, which will work from the top of Chajnantor Hill, at 5,640 meters. It is ALMA's new neighbor.</p> <p>Many big telescopes and observatories are at high mountaintops. The reason is that the atmosphere of the Earth hampers astronomical observations. In the mountains, the air is thinner and clearer, so you have a better view of the stars.</p> <p>But in the case of ALMA, it is even more important to be at a very high site. That’s because ALMA studies millimeter waves from the Universe – a special form of ‘invisible light’. Millimeter waves from outer space can only be seen from very high mountaintops. At sea level, ALMA would be completely blind!</p> <p>But if you’re at a very high altitude, there’s not so much atmosphere above your head anymore. Not all the millimeter waves from the Universe are absorbed. That’s why ALMA has to be at a very high site. And that’s why the air above the ALMA antennas has to be very dry, so it contains little water. 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