Gallery
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Main entrance of the Paranal Observatory.
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Paranal Observatory including the basecamp and the Residencia.
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Aerial view
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Paranal platform
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Instruments
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The platform as night sets
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Observing the center of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT)
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