La Silla construction overview 01

 

Overview of the construction site of the La Silla Observatory in Chile in the late 1960’s. The La Silla Observatory has since become one of the premier ground-based observatories in the world. Today, the NTT is located at right of the water tanks.

 

Credit:

ESO/J.Doornenbal

About the Image

Id:overview00
Type:Photographic
Release date:24 March 2010, 16:27
Size:1210 x 1772 px

About the Object

Name:La Silla
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:La Silla

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