Image Archive: Paranal


Patterns in the acid bath	Recoating the tertiary mirror from UT4	Recoating the tertiary mirror from UT4	ESO's Paranal Residencia in 2012

Alien landscape	From the Dark Side of the Moon to Paranal	Rain in the driest place on Earth	Paranal Observatory

Paranal Observatory	VLT M1 Mirror	VLT KUEYEN	8.2-m Mirror in its Cell

UT4 Azimuth Baseframe	UT4 Intermediate Tower in Azimuth Baseframe	UT4 Azimuth Baseframe	Careful Removal of the Protective Cover

The Concrete Mirror is Removed	Leaving the Coating Chamber	The 8.2-m Mirror	Removing the Cover of the 8.2-m Mirror

Central Part of UT1	Vertical View of UT1	Wide-angle View of VLT UT1	VLT Mirrors 1 and 2 in Storage

Southern Light shines on the 8.2-m VLT Mirror	The Mirror is Moved	Journey to Paranal	VLT Control Room

VLT Unit Telescope 2	Aerial View of Paranal Observatory	VLT Control Building	Paranal Platform

The VLTI Delay Line	Unit Telescope and Auxiliary fellow	Moon and VLT	Snow on Paranal

Removing the primary mirror of UT4	Getting ready for recoating	Preparations for mirror recoating	Swmming

VLT handover meeting	Spinning into action	Wild flowers in the Atacama Desert	Paranal Observatory

Quantum of Solace Filming	Paranal: From Mountain Top to Top Observatory	Test of the VLTI Instrument VINCI at ESO Headquarters Optical Lab	VLTI Delay Line Retroreflector Carriage

VLTI Delay Line Retroreflector Carriage	VLTI Delay Lines at the Interferometric Tunnel	VLTI Delay Lines in the Interferometric Tunnel	YEPUN M2 Mirror Installation