Big Dipper over radio telescope at Qinhai, China. Asterism of the Big Dipper (the Plough) in the night sky over a radio telescope dome at Qinhai Obser

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Big Dipper over radio telescope at Qinhai, China. Asterism of the Big Dipper (the Plough) in the night sky over a radio telescope dome at Qinhai Observation Station, in Delinha, Qinghai Province, on the Tibetan Plateau in China. This astronomy site is at an elevation of 3200 metres. The radio telescope is used for the study of molecular cloud structure in space, and the physical and chemical environment of star formation regions. Photographed on 4 October 2013.

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