Distracting clouds
Driving the road leading from the Residencia Hotel up to the Paranal Observatory at night can be challenging. Especially if one is distracted by the view of the Small and the Large Magellanic Clouds — two neighbouring dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way — high up in the sky.
Credit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
About the Image
Id: | beletsky_paranal_08f |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 1 October 2014, 14:50 |
Size: | 5472 x 3648 px |
About the Object
Name: | Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
Category: | Paranal |
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