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Image Archive: Paranal


Transportation of the M1 cell and mirror	Transportation of the M1 cell and mirror	Repositioning track for the VLTI	VLT Unit Telescope 1

On the road from Paranal to Armazones	Beacon	Shot of the VLT from above	UT4 cell on the move

Twilight over the VLT	ATs and UTs	Inside the VLT	Paranal Platform and VLTI Baselines Used

FORS at VLT UT1 Cassegrain focus	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	FORS at VLT UT1 Cassegrain focus	UVES Instrument Nearing Completion

UVES Instrument Nearing Completion	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1

ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1

ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1	Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal	Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal	Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal

Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal	Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal	Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal	First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT

First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT	First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT	First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT	First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT

Preparations for VLT UT1 First Light	Preparations for VLT UT1 First Light	Sunset from Paranal	Chilean skies

Shelter	Paranal in the distance	Long shadow of science	The VLT at Paranal Observatory

UT concrete structures	The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark during their visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory	VLT under a Venus-Jupiter Conjunction	President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, during a visit to the Paranal Observatory

Arriving at the recoating plant	Transportation of UT4 cell	Removing the primary mirror of UT4	Recoating process in the vacuum chamber