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Image Archive: Paranal


Ripples Across the Chilean Sky	VLT platform panorama at dusk	MMB at Dawn	MMB and its surroundings

Panorama at La Residencia's reception	Panoramic view of the VLTi laboratory	VLTi tunnel panorama	Inside the VST

MMB from outside	Panorama inside the MMB	Panorama of Mirror Maintenance Building	Panoramic view of Paranal

Panorama inside La Residencia	Panorama at the entrance of La Residencia	Silver and Blue at Paranal	Stars Circle over the Residencia at Cerro Paranal

Paranal Observatory - Instruments (Period 89)	Paranal Observatory - Instruments (Period 92)	Comets and Shooting Stars Dance Over Paranal	Snow Comes to the Atacama Desert

PARLA laser at the VLT	PARLA laser at the VLT	The Paranal-Armazones area	Moon trail

Startrails over the VLT platform	From Antu to Yepun (The historical image)	From Antu to Yepun (The present-day image)	Building the Paranal Residencia — From Turbulence to Tranquility (historical image)

Building the Paranal Residencia — From Turbulence to Tranquility (present day image)	Laser Guide Star Sweeps Across a Starry Sky	From a Dirt Track to the World’s Leading Observatory (Historical)	From a Dirt Track to the World’s Leading Observatory (Present)

From a Dirt Track to the World’s Leading Observatory (side-by-side composite)	Melipal — the VLT Unit Telescope 3	Boldly going up Cerro Paranal	Llullaillaco, Clear as Day

The VLT’s Next-generation Laser Launch Telescope	All Four VLT Unit Telescopes Working as One	Red Moon Rising	Very Large Telescope Ready for Action

Up Close and Personal with the Very Large Telescope	The 2010 Perseids over the VLT	Building Connections with EVALSO	On the road to Armazones

Paranal’s Telescopes in the Distance	A view of Paranal at sunset from Armazones	A VLT Unit	Comet McNaught over Paranal

Lightening over Paranal	VLT at Sunset	VLT and the Milky Way	Star trails over VLT