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Life at La Silla Observatory in 1969	Prince Philippe of Belgium	A lateral view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope model	Wide-field view of the Hercules galaxy cluster

Wide-field image of the sky around the Fried Egg nebula	Rare storm over Paranal	Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 3169 and NGC 3166	“La Portada” in Antofagasta

The Coast of Antofagasta	Hubble infrared image of the most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found	Wide-field view of the sky around the remote cluster CL J1449+0856	Wide-field view of the field around NGC 7252: the Atoms-for-Peace galaxy

Extracts from the VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey view of the Tarantula Nebula	Opening VISTA	Filming at Paranal	Big and Bigger Telescopes

E-ELT Active Segmented Mirror	Paranal Liquid Nitrogen Facility	ALMA Antenna Docking Pad	The ALMA Array - 3D Rendering

The two ALMA antennas	The Merging System Arp 220	A Rotating Giant Cloud around An Infant Galaxy	Giacconi

Adaptive Optics at Play	VLT Auxiliary Telescopes	Assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope	Gully at ALMA site

Media interviews during ESO's VLT first light press conference	Journalist at ESO's VLT first light press conference	Guests at the ALMA inauguration on a transporter	50 Years of ESO - Group Photo

Students at ESO headquarters in Garching	Part of the supernova remnant SN 1006 seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope	The green bean galaxy J2240 (annotated)	EIROforum General Assembly 2012

Book cover "The Jewel on the Mountaintop"	Hot and brilliant O stars in star-forming regions	An Oasis for Astronomers (side-by-side composite)	VLTI tunnel

VLTI tunnel	ALMA antenna in the desert	Poster of Café & Kosmos 12 June 2012	Screenshot of ESOcast 44

OmegaCam on the VST	Staff Quarters at La Silla	Farewell at Pelicano	Reception at the Guesthouse

Inauguration of the Pelicano Airstrip	The Sky Atlas Laboratory at CERN	Pioneering Astronomical Watch Launched at ESO’s Paranal Observatory	SLODAR Instrument at Paranal