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| Exoplanet Hunters at La Silla* |
Iconic, Conical Licancabur Watches Over Chajnantor |
Mars, 2099? |
Yepun’s Laser and the Magellanic Clouds |
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| Icy Penitents by Moonlight on Chajnantor |
ESO Headquarters at Sunset* |
Close-up of the drama of star formation |
Bird’s Eye View of the Very Large Telescope* |
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| Paranal Observatory and the Volcano Llullaillaco* |
Trailing stars above Paranal |
Artist’s impression of Corot-7b |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 253* |
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| Glowing Stellar Nurseries* |
N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
Really Hot Stars |
VISTA gigapixel mosaic of the central parts of the Milky Way |
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| A VISTA Before Sunset |
The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion |
APEX Stands Sentry on Chajnantor |
Antennae Galaxies composite of ALMA and Hubble observations |
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| The VLT Survey Telescope: the largest telescope in the world designed for visible light sky surveys |
One million stars — towards the dark heart of the Milky Way* |
Celestial Conjunction at Paranal |
Group Portrait of the VLT with the Galaxy |
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| Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 |
Artist impression of the E-ELT dome |
Artist's conception of the future E-ELT |
ALMA antennas under the Milky Way |
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| Dark Sky and White Desert — Snow pays a rare visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory |
A Laser Beam Towards the Milky Way's Centre* |
Wide Field Imager view of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 |
Starry La Silla |
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| VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey view of the Tarantula Nebula* |
Paranal After Sunset |
The Eagle's EGGs * |
Image composition of ESO observatories |
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| Close-up view of the head of the Seagull Nebula |
The Paranal basecamp from above |
Artist’s impression of the E-ELT |
VISTA’s look at the Helix Nebula |
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| The Cool Clouds of Carina |
Laser Meets Lightning |
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) |
Another Perfect Day at Paranal |
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| The Galactic Centre above the ESO 3.6-metre telescope |
Starlight Shines Brightly Above Paranal |
Wide Field Imager view of the southern spiral NGC 300 |
The VLT´s Laser Guide Star |
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| 2M1207b - First image of an exoplanet |
The VLT platform on top of Cerro Paranal |
VLT and VISTA in Early Sunlight* |
Creating a Star |