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Image Archive: Paranal


Night shift	The rolling hills of the Atacama	Sunrise at Paranal	VLT's UT2 without mirror, during recoating

UT2 recoating being transported for recoating	Preparing UT2 for recoating	Meteorological station atop of La Montura	Aerial view of Paranal in 1994

A bird's eye view of Paranal in 1994.	The VLT at Paranal Observatory	Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, Anne Glover, visits ESO’s Paranal Observatory	The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark during their visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory

VLT DSM	The VST inauguration	VLTI tunnel	1987-paranal-storm - site-testing-ms-dpp

Planet alignment	SLODAR Instrument at Paranal	Paranal air strip	VLT´s UT2 coating

MUSE image slicer	CCD Cryostat Head	Construction Crane on the VLT PLatform	Old Panamericana

VLT M1 Production at Schott	Paranal Residencia	UVES spectrograph assembly	First Infrared ESO Image of Comet Hale-Bopp

On the Desert Road	On the Old Panamericana on the Way to Paranal	On the Way to Paranal	The VLT Mirror Convoy Moves along the Seafront

The 8.2-m VLT Mirror: Finally in Paranal	The Convoy Arrives at the Base Camp	The Dummy Mirror is Uncovered	Testing the UT1 Mechanical Structure

The View form the Unit Telescope 1 Enclosure	Unit Telescope 1 Altitude Bearings	Flora	Unit Telescope 1 in its Enclosure

Paranal Base Camp	Paranal Access Road	Old Panamericana Road and ESO Paranal Surroundings	Unit Telescope 1 Structure

Telescope Foundations	The Coating Plant for the VLT	The Coating Plant for the ESO VLT	Testing the VLT Power Generators

The ESO 16-m Very Large Telescope	Support tech	AT4 arrives Paranal	Cerro Paranal in 1987