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An ESO truck	Planet alignment	ESO DG Prof. Adriaan Blaauw	Heckmann and Blaauw at Vitacura

ESO Open House Day 2011	Petrol station at Camp Pelicano	ESO Director General Prof. Otto Heckmann	Aluminising plant

Visit at Observatoire de Haute Provence	Aluminising plant	Model of the Coudé Auxiliary Telescope	The PDS scanner at CERN

Map of the La Silla Observatory in 1969	Council President receives gift	Touring the Atacama Desert	VLT First Light

Foundations of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope dome	The electronic workshop at La Silla in 1969	The La Silla Hotel in 1969	Wide field view of the unusual double star SS Leporis

ESO Promotes Astronomy during Bicentennial Conference in Santiago, Chile	Ars Electronica Show	The Schmidt Telescope at La Silla	Historical photo from the early site testing of Armazones

Snow at La Silla	Around La Silla	La Silla RVM machine	La Silla Power Station

Pelicano Camp	Construction of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	Neighbours at Quebrada Pelícano	La Silla Road Construction

On the Way to La Silla	On the way to La Silla	La Silla Neighbours	La Silla Ridge

La Silla Neighbours	Almost at the Top of La Silla	1-metre Schmidt Telescope	Life at La Silla, early 1970s

Life at La Silla, early 1970s	1.52-metre Telescope mirror aluminised	1-metre Schmidt Telescope on its way to La Silla	Building the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope

Mount of the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope	Fork of the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope	La Silla	SLODAR Instrument at Paranal

The Active Phasing Experiment for the E-ELT	Highlights from the VST image of Messier 17	Around the World in 80 Telescopes	Filming at Cerro Armazones