Summary

Description	Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. It’s paradise for the professional astronomers who use ESO’s telescopes. Some of the world’s most powerful instruments for astronomical research are here. Credit:ESO. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Petr Horálek (www.astronom.cz/horalek). Music: tonelabs (tonelabs.com). Footage and photos: ESO, S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard), José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org), C. Malin (christophmalin.com), B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), Juan Pablo Astorga, P. Horálek (www.astronom.cz/horalek), Y. Beletsky (LCO), A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com), R. Wesson, G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), J. Girard, J. Milli, S. Otarola, E. Matamoros, M. Alexander, A. Duro, S. Deiries, H. H. Heyer, Miloslav Druckmüller/NASA SDO AIA, 171 A, NAFE/AIA 304 A, 171 A, 211 A, PM-NAFE and G. Brammer. Directed by: Petr Horálek and Herbert Zodet. Executive producer: Lars
Date	2016-06-21
Source	commons.wikimedia.org
Author	ESO

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Attribution: ESO, 2016-06-21