Updated On: 01 September, 2009 11:09 AM IST | | IANS
The search for the best observatory site in the world has led to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest and calmest place on earth.
The search for the best observatory site in the world has led to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest and calmest place on earth.
No human is thought to have ever been there but it is expected to yield images of the heavens three times sharper than ever taken from the ground. The site known as Ridge A is 4,053 metres high up on the Antarctic Plateau.