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Cerro Armazones
An explosion will blast off the top of the top of the 3,000 - cadence - high ( 9,842 metrical unit ) Cerro Armazones , which will be home to the European Extremely Large Telescope ( E - ELT ) , on June 19 , 2014 . The Cerro Armazones can be see in the upper left corner of the range of a function . The dome of the four giant scope of the Very Large Telescope on Cerra Paranal , can be seen in the image foreground , while the snow - capped Llullaillaco volcano can be seen in the scope . ESO / M. Tarenghi
The E-ELT
The European Extremely Large Telescope ( E - ELT ) , shown here in an artist ’s opinion , will occupy atop Cerro Armazones in the Chilean Andes . With a 39 - meter mirror the E - ELT will be the turgid optical / infrared scope in the world .
Sunset over the Atacama Desert
sundown over the Atacama Desert , as seen from Cerro Armazones , which is located in the Chilean Andes and has been selected as the site to host the Extremely declamatory Telescope . The crescent moon can be seen on the correct side of the bird’s-eye view .
Panorama of Cerro Murphy
Panorama of Cerro Murphy , next to Cerro Armazones , succeeding website of the European Extremely Large Telescope .
Dawn at Cerro Armazones
Dawn at Cerro Armazones , website of the succeeding European Extremely Large Telescope .
Sunrise at the E-ELT
Another creative person ’s impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope ( E - ELT ) on top of Cerro Armazones . The European Southern Observatory describes the scope as being the fully grown eye in the sky .
Nighttime at Cerro Armazones
The Cerro Armazones , site of the European Extremely Large Telescope , in the Chilean Andes can be seen in this nighttime vista . The web site is near the Paranal Observatory where the Very Large Telescope , an array of four telescopes , sits .
Barren and alien landscape
The website of the ESO ’s European Extremely Large Telescope , atop Chile ’s Cerro Armazones , take care like an exotic landscape in this panorama , a abrasive and dry environment during the day . In fact , the web site lie within the Atacama Desert , one of the driest places on earth . These rough conditions , along with the farness of the site , make the orbit perfect for telescopes , according to the European Southern Observatory .
A shadow at sunrise
This prototype , snapped on July 13 , 2011 , by Gianluca Lombardi , ESO photo ambassador , show the sun rise above Chile ’s Atacama Desert . The photo was taken looking west from Cerro Armazones . Because the sunlight rose behind Gianluca in just the right spot , it cast a dark dark of the 3,000 - m - high mountain above the vast desert landscape . Cerro Paranal , nursing home to the Very Large Telescope , can be seen on the rightfulness of the simulacrum .
Ripples across the Chilean Sky
In this multiple - exposure image , the cause of item-by-item genius becomes undimmed stripes , expose the awe-inspiring night sky above Cerro Armazones , the site of the European Extremely Large Telescope . consort to the ESO , the atmosphere there is extremely unclouded , with no sluttish defilement due to the mess ’s remote location . This image was released on May 27 , 2013 .
On the road to Armazones
This bird’s-eye view picture the sometime crap road leading to Cerro Armazones , the site chosen for ESO ’s European Extremely Large Telescope ( E - ELT ) .
