[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 column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _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=”3_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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\u00d3scar was short of breath. His six years’ experience working in thermoelectric power plants had helped him land a position with us, but nothing anticipated him for the Chajnantor’s altitude. <\/p>\n
“I had a hard time assimilating the environmental conditions to which we are subjected,” says \u00d3scar Alarc\u00f3n<\/strong>, 10 years after arriving as an Operator of the Power Generation and Distribution area<\/strong> of the observatory in the ADE-IMG\/PO area. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _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\/04\/OSCAR-ALARCON-Antes-2.jpg” title_text=”OSCAR ALARCON – Antes (2)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230323_100338-1-scaled-e1681941433357.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”IMG_20230323_100338 (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _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_4″ _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\/04\/IMG_20211231_202009-1-scaled-e1681941684171.jpg” title_text=”IMG_20211231_202009 (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Before, the use of medical oxygen was not mandatory as it is now, and that made it difficult for \u00d3scar to breathe. An irony, because over time his job has been to take care of ALMA’s “lungs”: he is one of the people in charge of safeguarding and managing the three turbines that support all the electrical demand required to carry out scientific operations, along with other services that make it possible to live and work at the site.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_orientation=”left”]A tough job, but one that he does not do alone: “The team we have is very united, we are always supporting each other in the tasks to be developed in case there is a lack of personnel or the work is required quickly. We also have a very good relationship with the antenna area-AMG, we collaborate with each other”, says \u00d3scar.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20221231_195306-1-scaled-e1681940001621.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”IMG_20221231_195306 (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/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_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]This fraternity as a team has been developed over time, and for this reason they are always looking for recreational activities outside working hours to strengthen ties: “At the beginning, when I first arrived, we used to organize pool championships among colleagues, we went to the movies a lot, or to the music room”, recalls \u00d3scar.<\/p>\n Today these recreational activities have been replaced by sports, with more emphasis on physical conditioning, with cardio exercises, weights, soccer, tennis and basketball, among others.[\/et_pb_text][\/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_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/10669302_557854631006903_7881159392689574138_o-1.jpg” title_text=”10669302_557854631006903_7881159392689574138_o (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][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\/04\/agujero-negro.jpg” title_text=”agujero-negro” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]And that hard work, coupled with camaraderie and collaboration, has paid off, as was the capture of the first image of a black hole, which Oscar recalls with pride: “It is very gratifying to realize that the work we did contributed to an important milestone worldwide. These are the things that make you really proud,” he says.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]But his commitment continues into the future: “Over the years ALMA has acquired much more important scientific challenges that commit us to develop our work as a team more efficiently. In my case, there is a greater degree of responsibility in the work developed to satisfy the scientific commitments acquired”, concludes \u00d3scar.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _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\/04\/1680205828579-1.jpg” title_text=”1680205828579 (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/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\/04\/Rene-Duran-1.jpg” title_text=”Rene Duran (1)” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n “I would like to remember Ren\u00e9, because I believe that he, to a great extent, represented many values that ALMA wishes to instill and transmit.<\/p>\n He was enthusiastic in what he did, giving talks on astro-photography to anyone who was interested, always participating in the different branches of ARA. In him we could see many leadership abilities, as he was a very respectful and kind person.<\/p>\n I would like, through this newsletter, to remember him and pay tribute to his memory and all that he represents for the institution”.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”center”]Oscar’s words to his friend Ren\u00e9 Dur\u00e1n, who worked in the Safety area and who left us two years ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n These 10 years are also his.<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n \u00d3scar was short of breath. His six years’ experience working in thermoelectric power plants had helped him land a position with us, but nothing anticipated him for the Chajnantor’s altitude. “I had a hard time assimilating the environmental conditions to which we are subjected,” says \u00d3scar Alarc\u00f3n, 10 years after arriving as an Operator of […]<\/p>\n