#penitents — Public Fediverse posts
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#PhotoOfTheDay: Icy #Penitents by moonlight on Chajnantor
ESO Photo Ambassador Babak Tafreshi has captured a curious phenomenon on the Chajnantor plateau, the site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter array (ALMA).
These bizarre ice and snow formations are known as penitentes (Spanish for “penitents”). They are illuminated by the light of the Moon, which is visible on the right on the photograph.
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Filipino penitents perform self-flagellation on Maundy Thursday during Holy Week in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 2. REUTERS/Noel Celis
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#PhotoOfTheDay: Icy #Penitents by moonlight on #Chajnantor
These bizarre ice and snow formations are known as penitentes (Spanish for “penitents”). They are illuminated by the light of the Moon, which is visible on the right on the photograph.
On the left, higher in the sky, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds can be faintly seen, while the reddish glow of the Carina Nebula appears close to the horizon on the far left.