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| Laser trial run kickstarts new era of interferometry | Chasing Starlight | ESOcast 187 Light: First Light for SPECULOOS | ESOcast 153 Light: First Light For MATISSE (4K UHD) | ESOcast 152 Light: ESO’s VLT Working as 16-metre Telescope for First Time (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 74: Mapping the Southern Skies | ESOcast 71: New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal | VLT trailer | VLT trailer without text |
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| VLT trailer (German) | ESOcast 57: ESO´s VLT Celebrates 15 Years of Success | ESOcast 26: Life and Leisure at Paranal | ESOcast 25: Chasing Gamma Ray Bursts at Top Speed: The VLT’s Rapid Response Mode |
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| ESOcast 23: A telescope's wire to the world | Rotating domes at the VLT | A VISTA on the VLT | A whole night at the VLT |
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| A whole night on Paranal time-lapse | Paranal Laser Guide Star | Observing the Milky Way from the VLT | Paranal time-lapse 2012(2f) |
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| Paranal time-lapse 2012(2e) | Paranal time-lapse 2012(2d) | Paranal time-lapse 2012(2c) | Paranal time-lapse 2012(2b) |
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| Paranal time-lapse 2012f | Time-lapse: glory phenomenon at Paranal | Paranal time-lapse 2012c | Paranal time-lapse 2012b |
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| Paranal time-lapse 2012a | Adaptive Optics and SPHERE | SPHERE 2 | Sunset at the VLT |
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| Sunset at the VLT | Rotating domes at the VLT | Inside UT1 (time-lapse) | The VLT opens up |
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| Inside UT1 (time-lapse) | Paranal time-lapse | VLT activity time-lapse | Zodiacal light time-lapse |
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| Laser — do not look into the beam! | ESO’s VLT 2022 raw video compilation | MUSE, The Cosmic Time Machine | Cutaway animation of the SPHERE instrument on the VLT |
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| SPHERE 3 | Sunset at the VLT | The Paranal Residencia — 1 | Desert view around Paranal — 2 |
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| Desert view around Paranal — 1 | The Paranal Residencia — 2 | Desert view around Paranal — 5 | Desert view around Paranal — 4 |
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| Desert view around Paranal — 3 | MUSE – Die kosmische Zeitmaschine (German) | SPHERE 4 | From dusk till dawn - A Paranal perspective |
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| Paranal Observatory Compilation 2017 | SPHERE 5 | Very Large Telescope UHD Video Compilation | Night falling on Paranal |
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| Paranal time-lapse compilation 2012 | Night sky beauty over Paranal | Virtual Reality tour of ALMA and the VLT (without text overlays) | Virtual Reality tour of ALMA and the VLT |
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| Laser beams over Paranal | "From Earth to the Universe" — the VLT Laser | Paranal time-lapse | Star trails over the Paranal Residencia |
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| Paranal Residencia time-lapse | VLT time-lapse | VLT before the approaching dawn | Star trails at Paranal |
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| Shooting at the centre of the Milky Way | Observations in the moonlight | A busy night at the VLT | CRIRES mounted on Antu |
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| CRIRES Mounted on UT1 | View of Paranal | Dusk over Paranal | Sunset View of the VLT Platform |
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