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346 European Southern Observatory Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Picture of the four-metre VISTA telescope of the European Southern Observatory at the Cerro Paranal Observatory, taken on September 16, 2008 in...

Picture of the four-metre VISTA telescop

Picture of the four-metre VISTA telescope of the European Southern Observatory at the Cerro Paranal Observatory, taken on September 16, 2008 in...

Picture of the four-metre VISTA telescop

In Spanish View of the four optical telescopes at the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY in Spanish View of

View of the Paranal hill where the Europan Southern Observatory sits, on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is...

View of the Paranal hill where the Europ

View of an auxiliary telescope at night at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile....

View of an auxiliary telescope at night

In Spanish Picture of the enclosure of the four-metre VISTA telescope of the European Southern Observatory at the Cerro Paranal Observatory, taken on...

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Partial view of two optical telescopes at night at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of...

Partial view of two optical telescopes a

View of the auxiliary telescopes at night at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

View of the auxiliary telescopes at nigh

View of the inside of one of the four optical telescopes of the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north...

View of the inside of one of the four op

View of three of the four optical telescopes of the European Southern Observatory , on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

View of three of the four optical telesc

View of the four optical telescopes of the Europan Southern Observatory , on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile....

View of the four optical telescopes of t

View of two of the four optical telescopes of the European Southern Observatory , on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

View of two of the four optical telescop

View of a sunset between two optical telescopes at the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of...

View of a sunset between two optical tel

View of one of the four optical telescopes of the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

View of one of the four optical telescop

Technician walks next to an auxiliary telescope at the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of...

A technician walks next to an auxiliary

View of an auxiliary telescope in operation at the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

View of an auxiliary telescope in operat

View of an optical telescope at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is a...

View of an optical telescope at the Euro

View at night at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is a European...

View at night at the European Southern O

In Spanish View of the Paranal hill where the Europan Southern Observatory sits, on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago,...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY in Spanish View of

View of the Paranal hill where the Europan Southern Observatory sits, on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is...

View of the Paranal hill where the Europ

In Spanish View at night at the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is a...

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In Spanish Two technicians walk next to an auxiliary telescope at the European Southern Observatory , on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km...

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Picture of the moon taken on September 16, 2008 from the Cerro Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile on...

Picture of the moon taken on September 1

Picture of the swimming pool inside the residence for astronomers of the European Southern Observatory at the Cerro Paranal Observatory some 1150 km...

Picture of the swimming pool inside the

Partial view of the European Southern Observatory on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is a European...

Partial view of the European Southern Ob

Astronomer Michel Mayor of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory speaks during an astronomy conference in Nantes, western France, on June 16, 2008....

Astronomer Michel Mayor of Switzerland's

Astronomers Michel Mayor and Stephane Udry of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory attend an astronomy conference in Nantes, western France, on June 16,...

Astronomers Michel Mayor (R) and Stephan

Astronomers Michel Mayor and Stephane Udry of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory attend an astronomy conference in Nantes, western France, on June 16,...

Astronomers Michel Mayor (R) and Stephan

Astronomers Michel Mayor and Stephane Udry of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory next to US Jonathan Lunine of NASA attend an astronomy conference in...

Astronomers Michel Mayor (C) and Stephan

Astronomer Michel Mayor of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory speaks during an astronomy conference in Nantes, western France, on June 16, 2008....

Astronomer Michel Mayor of Switzerland's

In this artist's impression supplied by the ESO on April 25 the planetary system around the red dwarf, Gliese 581, is pictured showing what...

Earth-Like Planet Discovered 20 Light Years Away

In this artist's impression supplied by the ESO on April 25 the planetary system around the red dwarf, Gliese 581, is pictured showing what...

Earth-Like Planet Discovered 20 Light Years Away

Multi-media simulation showing the new planet discovered at La Silla's observatory, 24 April 2007 at European Southern Observatory 's facility in...

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Portuguese astronomer Claudio Melo talks about the discovery by La Silla's observatory of a new planet 24 April 2007 at European Southern Observatory...

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Portuguese astronomer Claudio Melo talks about the discovery by La Silla's observatory of a new planet 24 April 2007 at European Southern Observatory...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY Portuguese astrono...

Astronomers carrying torches walk outside the residence of the Paranal Observatory - run by the intergovernmental European Southern Observatory - in...

Astronomers carrying torches walk outsid

Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: French Catherine Cesarsky, the European Southern Observatory Director General, smiles 23 August 2006 in Prague during the...

French Catherine Cesarsky, the European

Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: French Catherine Cesarsky, the European Southern Observatory Director General, smiles 23 August 2006 in Prague during the...

French Catherine Cesarsky, the European

Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: French Catherine Cesarsky, the European Southern Observatory Director General, smiles 23 August 2006 in Prague during the...

French Catherine Cesarsky, the European

The advanced 3.5 meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory, illuminated inside its dome.

New Technology Telescope

George Miley stands on a ladder to reach the instruments on the 3.5 meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory.

Astronomer With New Technology Telescope

George V. Miley and his student Rob van Ojik man the controls of the New Technology Telescope in Chile.

Astronomers in a Telescope Control Room

Bradford Smith and the New Technology Telescope

Bradford Smith and the New Technology Telescope

Astronomer George Miley checks equipment at the focus of the 3.5-meter New Technology Telescope at the European Southern Observatory. Miley studies...

George Miley by the New Technology Telescope

Atmospheric effects distort the edges of the sun as it sets, as seen from the Summit of La Silla in Chile.

Sunset in Chile

Brad Smith stands on a dirt road atop Cerro Paranal, future home of the Very Large Telescope. Chile. | Location: near Antofagasta, Chile.

Astronomer at Future Site of Telescope

Astronomer Brad Smith stands next to a small telescope on Cerro Paranal, a mountain in the Andes of Chile. This is the future site of the observatory...

Brad Smith at Cerro Paranal

Computer-generated image of actuators correcting the mirror of the 3.6-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory. | Location: Elqui, Chile.

Computer Image of Telescope Mirror

Sign for an Observatory Project

Sign for an Observatory Project

View of the Paranal hill where the European Southern Observatory sits, on September 16, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of Santiago, Chile. Chile...

CHILE-ETO-OBSERVATORY

View of the European Southern Observatory and the dome of the residence for its astronomers on September 15, 2008 in Paranal, some 1150 km north of...

DOUNIAMAG-CHILE-ETO-OBSERVATORY

Dome Of The Paranal Residencia At The European Southern Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

Dome Of The Paranal Residencia.

Paranal Residencia At The European Southern Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

Paranal Residencia At The European Southern Observatory.

Paranal Residencia At The European Southern Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

Paranal Residencia At The European Southern Observatory.

Auxiliary Telescope, Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2 & Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By...

Auxiliary Telescope, Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2 & Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3.

Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2, Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3 & Venus Unit Telescope 4 Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated...

Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2, Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3 & Venus Unit Telescope 4.

Auxiliary Telescopes Operated By The European Southern Observatory At Paranal At Sunset, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

Auxiliary Telescopes.

Auxiliary Telescope Operated By The European Southern Observatory On Cerro Paranal At Sunset, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

Auxiliary Telescope.

Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The European Southern Observatory On Cerro Paranal At Sunset, Antofagasta...

Moon Unit Telescope 2.

Sun Unit Telescope 1 & Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The European Southern Observatory On Cerro Paranal At...

Sun Unit Telescope 1 & Moon Unit Telescope 2.

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