Paranal's landscape
This panorama view of the amazing Paranal landscape also includes a fascinating atmospheric phenomenon. In the centre of the image, sitting above the rocky terrain, is what appears to be a small rainbow. This is called a glory, and it is caused when sunlight scatters off tiny droplets of water in the atmosphere. Glories appear at a point directly opposite the position of the Sun, so are only visible at sunrise or sunset.
Credit:ESO/C. Malin
About the Image
Id: | malin-pan |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 18 May 2013, 15:08 |
Size: | 21857 x 2948 px |
Field of View: | 300° x 50° |
About the Object
Name: | Panorama, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |