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Positioning an Antenna at 5000 Metres Altitude	E-ELT Model Mirror Segment	ALMA Transporters Garage	ALMA OSF buildings

ALMA OSF after sunset	ALMA OSF	ALMA site	E-ELT Active Phasing Experiment

E-ELT Active Phasing Experiment	ALMA Antenna and Transporter	Auxiliary Telescope at the VLT	ALMA antennas and OSF

VLT M1 Mirror	ALMA OSF after sunset	ALMA AOS buildings	ALMA antennas and OSF at sunset

A Galaxy at the Edge of the Universe	NGC 1808	EWSC	Nuno Crato Visits Paranal

Wide-field view of the open star cluster NGC 2547	The world's media during VLT first light press conference	ESO HQ from above in 1980	The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark on the platform of ESO's Very Large Telescope

Wide-field view of the star cluster NGC 6520 and the dark cloud Barnard 86	KMOS on the Very Large Telescope at the time of first light	The ESO Council Meeting on 4 December 2012	UT4 cell and straps

New Technology Telescope inauguration	Wide-field view of the area of NGC 6357	MPG/ESO 2.2-metre Telescope remote control	Astronomers working at La Silla

Custom power amplifier chip for an ALMA Warm Cartridge Assembly	VLT site testing	Finace Committee Visits Chile	Components of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope

Highlights of VISTA’s deep infrared view of the COSMOS field	Hans-Emil Schuster	ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope	ESO Vitacura Offices in 1969

The ESO 3.6-metre telescope building under construction	Contract signing between ESO and Interbeton	Life at La Silla Observatory in 1969	Prince Philippe of Belgium

A lateral view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope model	Wide-field view of the Hercules galaxy cluster	Wide-field image of the sky around the Fried Egg nebula	Rare storm over Paranal

Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 3169 and NGC 3166	“La Portada” in Antofagasta	The Coast of Antofagasta	Hubble infrared image of the most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found