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La Silla's rocky landscape

Harsh, rock-strewn landscape surrounds ESO's La Silla Observatory, located on the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama desert. Below a speckled night sky, the brilliantly white domes of ESO's 3.6-metre telescope are easily recognisable from this unique angle.

Credit:

J. Morin/ESO

About the Image

Id:igp7034_v5-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:27 October 2015, 18:05
Size:3046 x 2027 px

About the Object

Name:ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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