![Planetary Nebula Hen 2-428](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso0028a.jpg)
Planetary Nebula Hen 2-428
![Centre of Galaxy Cluster MS1008.1-1224](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9920q.jpg)
Centre of Galaxy Cluster MS1008.1-1224
![FORS1 mounted at ANTU](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9902c.jpg)
FORS1 mounted at ANTU
![Galaxy Cluster CL2244-02 with Gravitational Arcs](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9856d.jpg)
Galaxy Cluster CL2244-02 with Gravitational Arcs
![A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9847a.jpg)
A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst
![A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9847b.jpg)
A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst
![FORS1 First Light - Distant cluster of galaxies](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9845c.jpg)
FORS1 First Light - Distant cluster of galaxies
![First Images from VLT Science Verification Programme](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso9842a.jpg)
First Images from VLT Science Verification Programme
![Petroglyphs around La Silla](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/lasillapetroglyph-cc.jpg)
Petroglyphs around La Silla
![Lunar illumination](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/jml_pna_eso_23-cc.jpg)
Lunar illumination
![Glittering galactic bulge](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/jml_pna_eso_16-cc.jpg)
Glittering galactic bulge
![Snowy Scene atop Chajnantor](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/dsc1398-cc.jpg)
Snowy Scene atop Chajnantor
![La Silla's Rocky Landscape](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/igp7034_v5-cc.jpg)
La Silla's Rocky Landscape
![Moonlit La Silla](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/igp7155_v6-cc.jpg)
Moonlit La Silla
![Cerro Armazones](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/dsc4468pano-cc.jpg)
Cerro Armazones
![Part of the Coalsack Nebula](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1539a.jpg)
Part of the Coalsack Nebula
![Art exhibit at ALMA](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann15048d.jpg)
Art exhibit at ALMA
![Art exhibit at ALMA](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann15048b.jpg)
Art exhibit at ALMA
![Art exhibit at ALMA](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann15048c.jpg)
Art exhibit at ALMA
![ALMA and surroundings](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/alma_padilla_13crop.jpg)
ALMA and surroundings
![ALMA's dramatic home](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/alma_padilla_13.jpg)
ALMA's dramatic home
![AT4](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/at4-and-armazones-cc.jpg)
AT4
![A desert refuge](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso_paranal_0007-cc.jpg)
A desert refuge
![Aerial View of ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso-hq-aerial.jpg)
Aerial View of ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich
![VISTA views the Trifid and reveals hidden variable stars (wider field view)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1504e.jpg)
VISTA views the Trifid and reveals hidden variable stars (wider field view)
![Telescope in the middle of nowhere](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/aca_7483-cc.jpg)
Telescope in the middle of nowhere
![Milky Way at the Residencia](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_9180_panorama.jpg)
Milky Way at the Residencia
![Heavy lifter at work](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/z4a9389-editar-cc.jpg)
Heavy lifter at work
![Headquarters extension in a mirror ball](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/hqe-pano1-mirrorball.jpg)
Headquarters extension in a mirror ball
![In View of our Cool Universe](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_vixen_img2245_cc.jpg)
In View of our Cool Universe
![Scenic Viewing](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_mg_9770_cc.jpg)
Scenic Viewing
![Surface map of Luhman 16B recreated from VLT observations (annotated)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1404b.jpg)
Surface map of Luhman 16B recreated from VLT observations (annotated)
![Penitentes 2](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_01_aec_77.jpg)
Penitentes 2
![Penitentes 2](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_01_aec_167.jpg)
Penitentes 2
![Scenic Viewing](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/uhd_img_9113.jpg)
Scenic Viewing
![Star Trails Above the VLT](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/wesson-aa005.jpg)
Star Trails Above the VLT
![OSF Antennas Panorama](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/osf-upper-ant-pan.jpg)
OSF Antennas Panorama
![VLT domes at night](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/malin-poss_4753.jpg)
VLT domes at night
![Simulation of gas cloud being ripped apart by the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1332b.jpg)
Simulation of gas cloud being ripped apart by the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
![ESO Very Large Telescope](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/kamphues08D31034.jpg)
ESO Very Large Telescope
![Revealing a hidden Universe](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/malin_4816.jpg)
Revealing a hidden Universe
![Building the VLT](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/im13f6_1-cc.jpg)
Building the VLT
![Aerial view of ESO headquarters](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/100710032-cc.jpg)
Aerial view of ESO headquarters
![One of the four Unit Telescopes of the VLT in its dome](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/pardo_paranal-8983.jpg)
One of the four Unit Telescopes of the VLT in its dome
![ALMA view of the Antennae Galaxies](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1137c.jpg)
ALMA view of the Antennae Galaxies
![The star cluster NGC 2100 in context](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1133c.jpg)
The star cluster NGC 2100 in context
![The first ALMA antennas on Chajnantor](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/alma-jfs-2010-20.jpg)
The first ALMA antennas on Chajnantor
![VLTˆ‡s Auxiliary Telescopes Opening](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/vlt-site-night-2010.jpg)
VLTˆ‡s Auxiliary Telescopes Opening
![Hubble image of the distance-record galaxy UDFy-38135539](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1041b.jpg)
Hubble image of the distance-record galaxy UDFy-38135539
![An asteroid that has split due to rotational fission (artistòÀÙs impression)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann1051a.jpg)
An asteroid that has split due to rotational fission (artistòÀÙs impression)