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Water testing ALMA antennas	The VLT Survey Telescope observing on a moonlit night	360° Panorama of the VLT Platform	Highlights of Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion

The superwind galaxy NGC 4666	Icy lagoon near Paranal	Cerro Armazones	La Silla Observatory

3.6-m Telescope at La Silla	The life of Sun-like stars	La Silla Observatory	La Silla *

AT4 at dawn on Paranal	A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression with annotations)	ISAAC mounted at ANTU	Atacama Compact Array

Moon eclipse from La Silla	Panorama of VLT and control building	PARLA laser at the VLT	PARLA laser at the VLT

Annette Schavan	The Telescope, The Laser and the Moon	Halfway There: 33 ALMA Antennas on Chajnantor	Galactic backlighting

ALMA antennas	Mount Armazones	Chilly La Silla	The original site

ALMA Antennas	ALMA Antennas	Welcome to ESO Headquarters	The Library at ESO Headquarters

The Czech President’s Galaxy	Entrance of ESO Headquarters	Opening UT1	Panoramic view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope's dome

Four ALMA antennas on the Chajnantor plain	The VLTI Delay Lines	An Ancient Cluster of Stars Against a Stunning Background	The ESO VLT Yepun Telescope Opening

A stellar black hole	TRAPPIST First Light Image of Omega Centauri	Moving ALMA antennas to the Atacama Compact Array pads	The Cluster of Galaxies Abell 315

The ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla at night	An ALMA antenna on Chajnantor	APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, on Chajnantor	VLT at Paranal

Extracts from the VISTA infrared image of the Orion Nebula	Chajnantor Panoramic View December 2005 *	ALMA antennas	FLAMES at the VLT