Building blocks of the ELT dome

At the base camp of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), pieces of the telescope dome are lined up and waiting to be brought up the hill to the top of Cerro Armazones. The dome, a mammoth structure 80 metres tall and weighing 6100 tonnes, is brought together like pieces of a LEGO set.

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ESO/G. Vecchia

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Id:potw2350c
Type:Photographic
Release date:11 December 2023, 06:00
Size:5472 x 3078 px

About the Object

Name:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ELT

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