Towering telescopes

A 8.2-metre VLT Unit Telescope towers over a 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescope in this spectacular sunset shot from the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile.

The enclosure for each Unit Telescope is 25-metres high, approximately the same height as an eight-story building.

Credit:

Jean-Marc Lecleire/PNA/ESO

About the Image

Id:jml_pna_eso_11-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 November 2015, 12:53
Size:5472 x 3648 px

About the Object

Name:Auxiliary Telescopes, VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal

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