Visible And Infrared Survey Telescope For Astronomy
by European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library
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Visible And Infrared Survey Telescope For Astronomy
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European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), situated at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal Observatory in Chile. VISTA is located on a mountain top adjacent to Cerro Paranal and is the largest telescope in the world designed to survey the sky in near-infrared light. The high altitude and arid conditions of the Atacama Desert provide the perfect conditions for astronomical observations, delivering cloud-free skies and very low light pollution for the vast majority of the year. This allows for spectacular views of the Milky Way overhead, as shown here.
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February 16th, 2021
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