Preparing the site for the ESO 1-metre telescope

 

Workers prepare the 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.

Credit:

ESO/J.Doornenbal

About the Image

Id:preparing-site01
Type:Photographic
Release date:29 March 2010, 11:25
Size:1772 x 1244 px

About the Object

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

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