La Silla early construction

Explosions level the site of the future Schmidt 1-metre Telescope during the construction of La Silla Observatory, in the mountains of the IV Region of Chile, during the late 1960’s. La Silla is the ESO´s first observatory and, since it was built, it is one of the premier ground-based observatories in the world.

Credit:

ESO/J.Doornenbal

About the Image

Id:6506_cl08af_25_cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:15 April 2010, 17:42
Size:1167 x 1772 px

About the Object

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

Image Formats

Large JPEG
728.3 KB
Screensize JPEG
508.6 KB

Zoomable


Wallpapers

1024x768
374.9 KB
1280x1024
554.8 KB
1600x1200
733.2 KB
1920x1200
840.0 KB
2048x1536
1.0 MB