{"id":4404,"date":"2024-01-23T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2024-01-23T19:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:41:39","slug":"aos-photographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/aos-photographies\/","title":{"rendered":"The eyes of Chajnantor: our AOS photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-81px|||||” custom_padding=”30px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][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”]Carlos Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> was just a kid when he watched his dad use his analog camera and all he wanted to do was put his eye behind the lens. “It’s like a piece of clockwork. I would grab his camera and try to take pictures, as if by imitation,” says our Electronics Technician I<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Many years later, when he arrived at ALMA, he was able to combine this hobby with his other passion: “I always wanted to work in astronomy, it was a hobby I had before coming here. Looking at the sky was almost therapeutic. The experience has been very rewarding,” he says. [\/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\/2024\/01\/IMG_20190225_224536_524-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”IMG_20190225_224536_524 (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 _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_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]And how not to be grateful, if Carlos has been able to transfer his love of photography to his daily duties at the AOS<\/strong>, where he supports the control of the antennas, located at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters<\/strong>.[\/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_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot_20230509_235153_Facebook-2.jpg” title_text=”Screenshot_20230509_235153_Facebook (2)” _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=”4.17.4″ _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”]From there he has captured incredible images of the Chajnantor Valley, as has Juan Carlos Rojas, our Mechanical Operator<\/strong>: “Photography disconnects me from everything and is my great passion. I always take my photographic equipment with me wherever I go, trying to capture what I find interesting”. <\/p>\n

Juan Carlos’ attention is never detached from the correct functioning of the antennas, but he always has an eye available to admire the driest desert in the world: “Nature gives us a diversity of climates and beautiful postcards where the photographic gaze can portray snow, thunder, lightning, rain and wind”.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”143.8px” custom_margin=”|auto|6px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||26px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _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\/2024\/01\/IMG_7632_1ac16-9-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”IMG_7632_1ac16-9 (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_3″ _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\/2024\/01\/2023-05-09_11-22-11-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”2023-05-09_11-22-11 (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_3″ _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\/2024\/01\/IMG_6558_1c16-9-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”IMG_6558_1c16-9 (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” min_height=”191.8px” 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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]It is a unique landscape to behold, but if you add temperatures that can reach a wind chill of -25 degrees Celsius, you have to respect it: “Every day that I go up it means personal challenges for me. Around the antennas, layers of ice are formed that generate greater danger when moving, since we could slip and cause an accident,” says Juan Carlos.<\/p>\n

Carlos agrees with these difficulties: “At altitude, due to the low concentration of oxygen in the air, it is easy to make mistakes. In driving, when you are tired and changing atmospheric pressure, you can fall asleep on the road. There are always risks”.[\/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\/2024\/01\/FB_IMG_1683689758975-1.jpg” title_text=”FB_IMG_1683689758975 (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” 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_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-05-09_11-20-34-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”2023-05-09_11-20-34 (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=”4.17.4″ _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″]But despite this adverse environment, both are grateful to work at AOS, and to be able to capture every moment: “It is a fortune to be able to work in the environment that surrounds us, and the way to repay that privilege is to publicize where I work, and to publicize what ALMA is,” says Juan Carlos. <\/p>\n

“There are times when you look around and say wow, anyone who works in a city and looks at this is shocked. It feels good that this is my office. Would I return to working in an office Monday through Friday? I doubt it,” Carlos closes.[\/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_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#153772″ text_font_size=”18px” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Click on the image to see the pictures taken by Carlos and Juan Carlos.
\nWe thank them both for sharing them.<\/strong>[\/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_gallery gallery_ids=”4416,4417,4418,4419,4421,4422,4424,4425,4427,4428,4429,4433,4434,4435,4436,4437,4439,4440,4442,4443,4457,4456,4455,4454,4453,4452,4451,4450,4449,4448,4445,4446,4447,4458,4459″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/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_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#E09900″ text_font_size=”20px” text_orientation=”center” text_text_shadow_style=”preset1″ text_text_shadow_color=”#E09900″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]IF YOU ENJOYED THIS NEWSLETTER, GIVE IT A “LIKE” AND COMMENT!<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n

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Carlos Gonz\u00e1lez was just a kid when he watched his dad use his analog camera and all he wanted to do was put his eye behind the lens. “It’s like a piece of clockwork. I would grab his camera and try to take pictures, as if by imitation,” says our Electronics Technician I. Many years […]<\/p>\n

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