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Star trails over the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	Two Planet-hunters Snapped at La Silla	Winner of the Tweet Your Way to the VLT! anniversary competition	The ESO 1.52-metre telescope

Getting the VLT Ready for Even Sharper Images	Cosmic dust clouds in Messier 78	Artist’s impression of the expected dark matter distribution around the Milky Way	ALMA observes a ring around the bright star Fomalhaut

Architect’s rendering of the new ESO Headquarters Extension (nighttime)	The VLT four laser guide	The VLT goes lion hunting	Alignment of the VLTI

ALMA antennas	Starry skies above La Silla	First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor	Galactic Bridge between Kueyen and Melipal

Hiding in Plain Sight — the elusive Carina Dwarf Galaxy	By the Light of the Moon	OmegaCAM, the monster camera of the VLT Survey Telescope	The VLT Survey Telescope observing on a moonlit night

A New Era for Astronomy	IRAS 13481-6124 and its cradle	Planet around Beta Pictoris	Moving ALMA antennas to the Atacama Compact Array pads

An infrared/visible comparison view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula	VLT Telescopes at Paranal	VLT Auxiliary Telescope at Paranal at Sunset	NTT at La Silla

La Silla Telescope Ring	An ALMA antenna on Chajnantor	APEX Image Calendar, July 2010 — APEX Chajnantor Facilities seen from Cerro Chajnantor	The Moon in Conjunction with Venus and Jupiter (artistic composition)

La Silla Observatory	APEX	Mount Paranal	VLT Auxiliary Telescope *

Very Large Telescope	Wide angle view of APEX antenna	Comet McNaught	Telescopes at La Silla

Paranal Observatory - Instruments	VLT	SN 2006X, before and after the Type Ia Supernova explosion (artist's impression)	The Alcatel Alenia Space/ European Industrial Engineering Prototype Antenna

VLT platform panorama at dusk	Panorama of VISTA and view	The Astronomical Observatory of the Aosta Valley	MMB at Dawn

MMB and its surroundings	Panorama at La Residencia's reception	Panoramic view of the VLTi laboratory	VLTi tunnel panorama