Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos

Caption

The Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, located on the rim of an extinct volcano at 2,400 meters altitude in the island of La Palma, provides adequate conditions to perform the experiments described.

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photo/©: Felipe Pedreros Bustos

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This image may only be used in connection with the press release "Earth's magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude", issued by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on November 14, 2018.

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