ESO’s Very Large Telescope array

This 360 degree panorama shot shows ESO’s Very Large Telescope array on top of the 2600-metre-high Cerro Paranal in the Chilean Atacama Desert. The largest structures are the enclosures of the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes of the VLT, the low lying building is the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) laboratory and the spherical structures are the 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes.

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About the Image

Id:platform-scaff-pan
Type:Photographic
Release date:25 July 2013, 14:30
Size:15190 x 6846 px
Field of View:360° x 162.2°

About the Object

Name:Panorama, Paranal, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:360 Panorama
Paranal

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