Mounted image 119: Cerro Armazones night-time panorama

This night-time panorama shows Cerro Armazones in the Chilean desert, near ESO's Paranal Observatory, site of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Cerro Armazones was chosen as the site for the planned European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), which, with its 40-metre-class diameter mirror, will be the world’s biggest eye on the sky.

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ESO/S. Brunier

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Id:mounted_0119
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 23 Marzo 2011 15:41
Dimensions:40 cm (W) x 15,5 cm (H) x 1 cm (D)
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