A drive through time — How telescopes, and cars, have changed at La Silla (historical image)

This is the historical image from the "Then and Now" Picture of the Week, "A Drive Through Time — How telescopes, and cars, have changed at La Silla". 

Links

• The present day image
• Mouseover comparison of the historical and present-day images
• More about La Silla
• Press release on the occasion of the 40th anniversary, in 2009, of La Silla’s inauguration
• ESO timeline