DescriptionIcy Penitents on Chajnantor.jpg English: Babak Tafreshi, one of the ESO Photo Ambassadors, has captured a curious phenomenon on the Chajnantor plateau...
Watched over by Licancabur, a icy forest of penitentes (Spanish for “penitents”) cluster in the foreground. The penitentes are a curious natural phenomenon...
on the Chajnantor Plateau at an altitude of 5000 metres. Clusters of white penitentes can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. The penitentes...
of Stars and Snow.jpg English: This stunning panorama shows the Licancabur volcano, just left of centre, high on the Chajnantor Plateau near to the...
the main array misses. The dramatic icy spikes in the foreground are known as penitentes (Spanish for penitents). These are a curious natural phenomenon...
