Sunset in the Chilean Atacama Desert

Captured here is a beautiful sunset in the Chilean Atacama Desert where ESO hosts its telescopes. This beautiful landscape is perfect for astrophysics because of its remote location and the near 300 clear nights a year that allow for telescope observations. 

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Id:_H9A4479P-CC
Type:Photographic
Release date:20 April 2020, 11:39
Size:8000 x 6666 px

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Name:Cerro Paranal
Type:Unspecified
Category:Paranal

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