Title
MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Caption
MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Several astronomical observatories have been built at Roque de Los Muchachos, the highest point on La Palma at an altitude of just over 2400 metres. The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope detects particle showers released by cosmic gamma-rays using Cherenkov radiation. As of 2009 it was the largest telescope of its type in the world.
Date
1911
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson
Reference
HRM19D71_252
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)