The future begins here

Already now the future site of the ELT, the biggest eye on the sky, is a busy place. The top of Cerro Armazones was blasted away with several huge explosions and is now flattened by the machines visible on this image to create a platform large enough to host the ELT and its instruments.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:2014-09-15-19-17-40_cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:26 September 2014, 16:33
Size:3264 x 1836 px

About the Object

Name:Cerro Armazones
Type:Unspecified
Category:ELT

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