Image Archive: Paranal


The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark during their visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory	VLT DSM	The VST inauguration	VLTI tunnel

1987-paranal-storm - site-testing-ms-dpp	Planet alignment	SLODAR Instrument at Paranal	Paranal air strip

VLT´s UT2 coating	MUSE image slicer	CCD Cryostat Head	Construction Crane on the VLT PLatform

Old Panamericana	VLT M1 Production at Schott	Paranal Residencia	UVES spectrograph assembly

First Infrared ESO Image of Comet Hale-Bopp	On the Desert Road	On the Old Panamericana on the Way to Paranal	On the Way to Paranal

The VLT Mirror Convoy Moves along the Seafront	The 8.2-m VLT Mirror: Finally in Paranal	The Convoy Arrives at the Base Camp	The Dummy Mirror is Uncovered

Testing the UT1 Mechanical Structure	The View form the Unit Telescope 1 Enclosure	Unit Telescope 1 Altitude Bearings	Flora

Unit Telescope 1 in its Enclosure	Paranal Base Camp	Paranal Access Road	Old Panamericana Road and ESO Paranal Surroundings

Unit Telescope 1 Structure	Telescope Foundations	The Coating Plant for the VLT	The Coating Plant for the ESO VLT

Testing the VLT Power Generators	The ESO 16-m Very Large Telescope	Support tech	AT4 arrives Paranal

Cerro Paranal in 1987	Reaching Out to the Chinese Audience	A VLT mirror goes back to work	Solargraph at the VLT

The Mirror Maintenance Building	VLT M1 Production at Schott	UVES assembly	M1 Convoy: Past the Gates

M1 Mirror: Home	From Sea to Land	M1 Convoy: Almost There	Bumps on the Road