Paranal under the northern and southern sky

The VLT's silhouette with the moon below the horizon. Up in the sky the division between northern and southern hemisphere is recorded by the star-trails, which follow opposite radii.

Credit:

ESO/H.H.Heyer

About the Image

Id:esopia00063sites
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:19
Size:3000 x 2004 px

About the Object

Name:Paranal
Type:Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal

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