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| Early Morning on Paranal* |
Rare 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky* |
A Hard Day's Night Ahead |
Sunset over Paranal Panorama * |
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| Eclipsed Moon, Striking Night Sky |
The VLT in Action* |
Paranal Platform After Sunset* |
Panorama of Sunset on Paranal |
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| Mars, 2099? |
Yepun’s Laser and the Magellanic Clouds |
Bird’s Eye View of the Very Large Telescope* |
Paranal Observatory and the Volcano Llullaillaco* |
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| Trailing stars above Paranal |
Celestial Conjunction at Paranal |
Group Portrait of the VLT with the Galaxy |
Dark Sky and White Desert — Snow pays a rare visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory |
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| A Laser Beam Towards the Milky Way's Centre* |
Paranal After Sunset |
The Paranal basecamp from above |
Another Perfect Day at Paranal |
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| Starlight Shines Brightly Above Paranal |
The VLT's Laser Guide Star |
The VLT platform on top of Cerro Paranal |
VLT and VISTA in Early Sunlight* |
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| Creating a Star |
Paranal at Sunrise II |
Aerial View of the VLT Platform |
Lying down on the VLT platform |
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| Dramatic Moonset — Amazing Sight on Cerro Paranal, Home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope* |
VLT Telescopes at Paranal |
Sunset at Paranal |
Paranal at Sunrise |
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| The Observing Platform as the Crow Flies * |
Sunset view at Paranal with Moon, Venus and an AT |
Milky Way Above the VLT Platform |
Paranal under snow |
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| The Planet, the Galaxy and the Laser |
Straight to the Milky Way´s Heart |
Aerial View of Cerro Paranal |
Zodiacal Light at Paranal |
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| Sailing the Atacama Desert |
Straight to the Milky Way´s Heart |
Comet McNaught |
Beautiful Sky over Paranal * |
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| A Slice of the Sky |
Laser Beam Creating an “Artificial” Star |
Paranal Platform |
Aerial View of the VLTI with Tunnels Superimposed |
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| Aerial View of Cerro Paranal |
Moon rise at the Very Large Telescope |
The “Little World” of Paranal |
Launching a Star |