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| Bird’s Eye View of the Very Large Telescope* |
Paranal Observatory and the Volcano Llullaillaco* |
The Paranal basecamp from above |
The VLT's Laser Guide Star |
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| The VLT platform on top of Cerro Paranal |
Aerial View of the VLT Platform |
Lying down on the VLT platform |
VISTA at sunset |
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| The Observing Platform as the Crow Flies * |
Paranal under snow |
Straight to the Milky Way´s Heart |
Aerial View of Cerro Paranal |
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| Straight to the Milky Way´s Heart |
A Slice of the Sky |
Aerial View of Cerro Paranal |
Launching a Star |
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| Ready for the night |
Residencia in Paranal |
Spinning into Action |
Galactic bridge |
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| First Light of the VLT Laser Guide Star |
Aerial View of Paranal Observatory |
The Milky Way over Paranal |
Recoating Yepun's mirror |
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| The VLT and VISTA * |
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
Rare Moon Green Flash Captured |
Aerial View of the VLT |
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| The Comet and the Laser |
Starry night at the Atacama Desert Coast |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
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| Planetary Conjunction over Paranal |
Supermoon over ESO's Very Large Telescope |
A VLT Unit Telescope and the Moon |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
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| Galactic Bridge between Kueyen and Melipal |
Eagle Eyes over Armazones |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
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| All Four VLT Unit Telescopes Working as One |
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) |
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) |
Paranal’s Telescopes in the Distance |
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| PARLA laser at the VLT |
Annette Schavan |
Unrecognisable Paranal Residencia |
Twilight at Paranal |
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| Thunderbolts and lightning |
The Milky Way seen from the Atacama Desert |
PARLA laser at the VLT |
First Rays of Sun at the VLT |