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Road to Paranal

A road snakes and twists through the Martian-like landscape of the Chilean desert, leading up to a peak atop which sits ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Rocks, boulders and rarely trodden paths litter the harsh desert landscape around ESO's Paranal Observatory.

Credit:

ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)

About the Image

Id:dsc3495-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:28 October 2015, 11:08
Size:6016 x 4016 px

About the Object

Name:Paranal, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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