[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”30px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”59.8px” custom_margin=”|auto|6px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]When Dar\u00edo arrived in January 2012, things were very different.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”143.8px” custom_margin=”|auto|6px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]The observatory was in its construction phase, and it barely had 30 antennas. Our current residence did not yet exist, so the rooms were located in the old camp. Even the casino was getting small.<\/p>\n
\u201dEstaban los tres vendors construyendo antenas, por lo que hab\u00eda mucha gente trabajando en el sitio, de muchas nacionalidades. En el casino se escuchaban varios idiomas diferentes, como una Torre de Babel\u201d, recuerda Dar\u00edo Hern\u00e1ndez, nuestro T\u00e9cnico Electr\u00f3nico I.<\/strong>.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Primeros-Anos-en-ALMA-1.jpg” title_text=”Primeros A\u00f1os en ALMA (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Team-Back-End-5-1-scaled-e1686842624146.jpg” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]He got to know ALMA through a friend of his who worked here and after applying he was selected for the BackEnd group, which at that time was part of the Instrument Group.<\/p>\n “I immediately felt very welcomed and got up to speed with the equipment we work with, specifically in the radio frequency (RF) and photonics area,” recalls Dar\u00edo about his first days with his co-workers.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Team-Back-End-1-1-scaled-e1686842718838.jpg” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Among all that he has experienced at ALMA in these eleven years, a milestone that especially marked him was obtaining the first image of a black hole, where our observatory was a central piece in this collaboration and astronomical feat.<\/p>\n He also considers his personal growth here: “On a professional level I have learned many things, not only within my area but also about how the observatory works as a whole. And on a personal level, my family has also advanced. We are finishing raising our two children. One is already a professional (surgeon) and the second has only a couple of years left to graduate from civil engineering.”[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Celebracion-por-Imagen-del-Agujero-Negro-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Celebracion por Imagen del Agujero Negro (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Team-Back-End-2022-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Team Back-End 2022 (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]After a decade, Dar\u00edo sees the consolidation of our work. “I think ALMA has already reached maturity as an observatory in these ten years and is currently operating at full capacity in terms of observations and discoveries,” he concludes.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n When Dar\u00edo arrived in January 2012, things were very different.The observatory was in its construction phase, and it barely had 30 antennas. Our current residence did not yet exist, so the rooms were located in the old camp. Even the casino was getting small. “There were the three vendors building antennas, so there were a […]<\/p>\n