![Hallway at the ESO guesthouse in Vitacura](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/tewes-6350.jpg)
Hallway at the ESO guesthouse in Vitacura
![SPIE poster session](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/spie-councilroom-7859.jpg)
SPIE poster session
![Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/celac-eu-0897.jpg)
Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union
![Massimo Tarenghi Receiving the Italian Medal](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/tarenghi-it-medal.jpg)
Massimo Tarenghi Receiving the Italian Medal
![Construction of ESO Headquarters](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso_hp_5apr1979.jpg)
Construction of ESO Headquarters
![Sky Atlas Laboratory](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/198x-sal-film-copy2.jpg)
Sky Atlas Laboratory
![Sky Atlas Laboratory](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/198x-sal-plate-dev.jpg)
Sky Atlas Laboratory
![Sky Atlas Laboratory](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/198x-sal-special-tech.jpg)
Sky Atlas Laboratory
![Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/6312_nl55bc_27.jpg)
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
![Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/6312_nl55bc_40.jpg)
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
![Fernando Comern, new Representative of ESO in Chile](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann13032a.jpg)
Fernando Comern, new Representative of ESO in Chile
![Equipment at Flathill](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/6110_sa66ag_02.jpg)
Equipment at Flathill
![The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark inside one of the domes of ESOs Very Large Telescope](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1314d.jpg)
The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark inside one of the domes of ESOs Very Large Telescope
![Aerial view of the Operations Support Facility (OSF)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1312d.jpg)
Aerial view of the Operations Support Facility (OSF)
![Cover of The Messenger No. 150](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann12102a.jpg)
Cover of The Messenger No. 150
![Poster of Caf & Kosmos 13 November 2012](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann12080a.jpg)
Poster of Caf & Kosmos 13 November 2012
![German Federal Minister for Education and Research visits ESO's Paranal Observatory](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann12068a.jpg)
German Federal Minister for Education and Research visits ESO's Paranal Observatory
![Staff working on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ehpa-2-065.jpg)
Staff working on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope
![Architects rendering of the new ESO Headquarters Extension (evening view)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1215f.jpg)
Architects rendering of the new ESO Headquarters Extension (evening view)
![Pizarro and Schuster at La Silla](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/hes-pizarro-cc.jpg)
Pizarro and Schuster at La Silla
![Work at the Atlas Laboratory](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ehpa-8-011.jpg)
Work at the Atlas Laboratory
![Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 1929](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1125c.jpg)
Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 1929
![UK event on industry involvement in the E-ELT project](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann11028a.jpg)
UK event on industry involvement in the E-ELT project
![ESO publication statistics compared to other observatories](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann11011a.jpg)
ESO publication statistics compared to other observatories
![Europe Decides to Build the World's Largest Optical Telescope (1987)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/vlt_fl_a.jpg)
Europe Decides to Build the World's Largest Optical Telescope (1987)
![Hubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann10101b.jpg)
Hubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
![Historical Observatory Manuel Foster](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/foster_observatory.jpg)
Historical Observatory Manuel Foster
![Entering the Paranal Residencia](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/paranal-7388.jpg)
Entering the Paranal Residencia
![Mining exhibition at the Museum of the Atacama Desert](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/mda_exhibition-2.jpg)
Mining exhibition at the Museum of the Atacama Desert
![Joe Liske in the Atacama Desert](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ann0931a.jpg)
Joe Liske in the Atacama Desert
![Light curve of exoplanet WASP-19b](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eso1023f.jpg)
Light curve of exoplanet WASP-19b
![La Silla Water Substation 02](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/water-sub-station01.jpg)
La Silla Water Substation 02
![E-ELT METIS Meeting, December 2009](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/eelt_metis2010_cc.jpg)
E-ELT METIS Meeting, December 2009
![Panorama on Cerro Ventarrones, Chile](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/ventarrones2007_cc.jpg)
Panorama on Cerro Ventarrones, Chile
![E-ELT site testing Vizcachas / Chile](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/vizcachas20078269_cc.jpg)
E-ELT site testing Vizcachas / Chile
![A cutaway drawing of the VISTA camera](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/vista-camera-cutaway.jpg)
A cutaway drawing of the VISTA camera
![UT2 control 2](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_1267.jpg)
UT2 control 2
![Earth's Shadow seen from Paranal](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/po_shadow_dec2004.jpg)
Earth's Shadow seen from Paranal
![VLT Primary Mirror](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_4860.jpg)
VLT Primary Mirror
![The VLT Test Camera](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/testcameradec2004.jpg)
The VLT Test Camera
![M1 Cell Elevator, Dec2005](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_0691.jpg)
M1 Cell Elevator, Dec2005
![ELT-Baseline Meeting](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/e-elt-mtg-01.jpg)
ELT-Baseline Meeting
![Telescope Startup](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/startup_engineers2.jpg)
Telescope Startup
![Principle of Active Optics (ActO)](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/acto_principle.jpg)
Principle of Active Optics (ActO)
![VISTA coating chamber](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_7182.jpg)
VISTA coating chamber
![Engineers office at the Control building](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/po_dec2005_0521.jpg)
Engineers office at the Control building
![VISTA Telescope Structure](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_7215.jpg)
VISTA Telescope Structure
![Milky Way Above the VLT Platform](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_4586.jpg)
Milky Way Above the VLT Platform
![Sunrise at Paranal](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_1360.jpg)
Sunrise at Paranal
![Daily Meeting](http://cdn.eso.org/images/thumb300y/img_0502.jpg)
Daily Meeting