Start Date:1998-08-21

Location:Chile

People:Hardy, Eduardo
Frei, Eduardo
Haynes, Martha

Creator:Records of the NRAO

Series:Photographs Series

Unit:ALMA/MMA Unit

Type:Still Image

Subject:Instruments--Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Description:On 21 August 1998, the President of Chile, Eduardo Frei, Minister of Mining, Sergio Jimenez, Minister of National Assets Adriana Delpiano, and President of CONICYT, Mauricio Sarrazin, signed a declaration designating the ALMA area as a Site of Scientific Interest for mining purposes, which provided from the outset a significant degree of protection to our operations. In this photo taken at the signing, Eduardo Hardy (left), AUI representative in Chile, and Acting AUI President Martha Haynes (right) present President of Chile Eduardo Frei (center) with a satellite picture of the ALMA Site made by the Cornell group. [show more]