Paranal in Atacama desert
Paranal, the site of the VLT, was chosen for its unique characteristics: extreme dryness, very low cloud coverage, high altitude, and distant from any source of pollution. This wide-angle shot of the Atacama desert around Paranal, which shows the VLT and, in foreground, VISTA, summarizes it all. Photo taken in November 2007.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | esopia-par-nov2007 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
| Size: | 4368 x 2507 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Desert, Cerro Paranal, Paranal |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | Paranal |
