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Image Archive: Paranal


Archaeological research during the construction of the REOSC factory in the early 1990s	Part of the multi-object spectrograph FLAMES on the VLT.	From Antu to Yepun (Side-by-side composite)	Building the Paranal Residencia — From Turbulence to Tranquility (side-by-side composite)

Swimming in the desert	Inspection	Pioneering astronomical watch reaches for the stars at Paranal	Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation Visits Paranal and ALMA

The President of the Czech Republic at the Paranal Residencia	The President of the Czech Republic in the VLT Control Room	Weekend visitors at Paranal	The large format MUSE detector

VLT LGSF	MELIPAL M2 Mirror in the coating tank	MELIPAL M2 Mirror	MELIPAL M2 Mirror

MELIPAL M2 Unit	MELIPAL Dummy M2 mirror	Milky Way above Paranal observatory	ESO's Paranal Residencia under construction

The PIONIER instrument	Partial Solar Eclipse from Paranal	Watching Partial Solar Eclipse from Paranal	MUSE 3D spectrograph

The Active Phasing Experiment (APE) installed on the VLT	8.2-m Main Mirror in its Cell	Kueyen M1 Mirror	Arrival to KUEYEN

Back to the KUEYEN enclosure	In the Coating Chamber	ANTU After Sunset	Mounted MELIPAL M2 Mirror

VLT Active Optics System	Auxiliary telescopes under the Sun	VLT Auxiliary Telescope	The Residencia kitchen at Paranal

Andreas Kaufer at Paranal	Laser specialist	Mehner and Gadotti	Sébastien Poupart

Stéphane Guisard, ESO Photo Ambassador	View of Cerro Paranal	FLAMES' plates	An Excursion to Paranal

SLODAR Instrument at Paranal	View from the ESO Residencia at Paranal during a rare storm	A main street in Antofagasta	The lightweight, rigid reference optic for the new deformable secondary mirror at ESO's VLT

VLT Primary Mirror: Still Liquid!	VLT´s UT2 mirror recoating	Paranal from Cerro Ventarrones	VLT MELIPAL and YEPUN