| Two images of the dust continuum emission
toward a very cold, dense molecular cloud that sits close to the centre of our
Galaxy. This extreme cloud, dubbed "The Brick" because it is so cold
and dense
that it blocks background light, was identified as unique within surveys of
the Galactic Plane taken with the Mopra 22m telescope (HOPS and MALT90). The
right image shows the low angular resolution data obtained with the JCMT, while
the left image shows the remarkable improvement in angular resolution and
sensitivity provide by Atacama
Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Despite still being in its Early Science phase,
utilising a limited number of antennas and a fraction of its full capabilities,
the images provided by ALMA are already changing our view of the cool, dusty
Universe.
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