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Exciting sodium	Paranal by day	Fly on the wall	Down time

Stonework	Streaks	Casa San Pedro	Laser Guide Star Testing

MIDAS computer in use	Building the Unit Telescope foundations	One step at a time, building the UTs	Armazones site testing, 1989

Salt formations at Salar de Atacama	UK press delegation at Cerro Chico	VLT platform at sunrise	1953 participants of the Groningen conference aboard the MS Alkmaar

Vosbergen Conference attendees	Jean Louis Lizon with the EMMI	Star party in San Pedro de Atacama	Star party in Toconao

Preparing UT2 for recoating	Preparing VLT's UT2 for recoating	Preparing VLT UT2 for recoating	ALMA antennas seen from above

Shaping E-ELT Science and Instrumentation	VLT image of the protoplanet around the young star HD 100546	VLT DSM	Volcano in the Altiplano

ALMA Residence Facade South	ALMA Residence Facade West	ALMA Residence Dormroom	ALMA Residence Facade East

ALMA Residence Facade North	The KMOS team and other well-wishers at the time of first light	Workshop participants visit the Paranal Observatory	ESO@50 Conference

Symphony instrument	Residencia canteen	Scaffold after cell removal	European antenna

ALMA inspection	Glueing dry run	Artist's impression of the E-ELT and the starry night sky	Amelia Bayo

Measuring the North - South axis	VLT image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1187 (annotated)	VLT inauguration	La Silla paths

Andre Müller	Snowstorm	Flight over La Silla, 1964	La Silla before the observatories were built