Evropská jižní observatoř

Kategorie: Paranal, Zpět na celou fotogalerii.

Popis (v anglickém jazyce):

This aerial view of Cerro Paranal, the site of ESO's
Very Large Telescope, was obtained in mid-September
1994. It shows the rapid developments on the top
during the current construction of the concrete base
for the four telescope enclosures, as well as the
complex infrastructure for the various associated
laboratories. The work is carried out by the
Skanska/Belfi consortium for ESO. The installations
for the technical equipment can be seen to the left.

The blasting work has now been terminated and the
excavations for the various connecting tunnels are
clearly visible; they will again be covered, when the
concrete work is ready. To the right, the work on the
base for Unit Telescope no. 1 is already well under
way and has now reached the "floor level" on which
the enclosure will be placed, the basement concrete
floor on which the coude focus for Telescope no. 2
will be installed is in place, and the concrete work
will soon start in the holes for Telescopes 3 and 4.

To the extreme right and a little lower than the rest
of the platform is the excavation for the control
building. The platform altitude is about 2640 metres
above sea level and it measures about 150 metres
across. The width of the access road is no less than
12 metres, i.e. nearly equal to that of a three-lane
highway; this is necessary to ensure the safe
transport of all telescope parts, especially the four
8.2-metre fragile mirrors, to the top.

This is ESO PR Photo 14/94-1 which accompanies ESO
Press Release 14/94 (29 September 1994). It may be
reproduced, if credit is given to the European
Southern Observatory.

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