Milky Way above Paranal
A night of work for the Paranal Observatory, in the Chilean Atacama Desert. This picture, taken on 20 September, shows the incredible beauty of the night sky above the most advanced telescope in the world, ESO's Very Large Telescope. The Milky Way is clearly seen in this superb image.
Credit:S. Deiries/ESO
About the Image
Id: | paranal_mw_sd |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 8 February 2010, 11:40 |
Size: | 1280 x 916 px |
About the Object
Name: | Paranal, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Paranal |