La Palma 2003

 

Swedish Solar Telescope (SST), 1 m.
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/

The Solar Tower
The 5 floors tower lodges the one that is considered the best
solar telescope of the actuality



The computer
We had a guided visit made for one of the resident scientists



The explanation



The workbench
Only 9% of the light arrives here, still about 700 watts! The light then is directed for the various instruments




The workbench details



On the top of the tower
I almost freeze to death on the top of the tower, it was also impressive to walk in top of a grating at five floors of height…