2015-04-25: The ESO Observatory on Mount Paranal and Mano del Desierto (2/3)
Here a couple of pictures of the Atacama desert, the driest desert of the world. I was impressed by its vastness, and emptiness. Except for the sky, they look like the pictures that the Mars rovers sent back to earth.
VLT: Scenery near Cerro Paranal
VLT: Airstrip next to Cerro Paranal (probably to haul in supplies for the VLT)
VLT: Desert around Cerro Paranal
VLT: Desert around Cerro Paranal
VLT: Desert around Cerro Paranal
VLT: Desert around Cerro Paranal
Atacama: The Desert
Atacama: The Desert
ELT: The completion of the ELT (Extremly Large Telescope) is planed for 2024. A way marker is already in place
Atacama: A Mars-like Picture
Atacama around Mano del Desierto: Pebbles, Stones, Weathered Boulders, Mountains — meet the Driest Desert on Earth
Atacama around Mano del Desierto: It is Dry — there are however Traces of Creeks and Crevasses.
Atacama around Mano del Desierto: World in Mirror
Atacama around Manu del Desierto: Mars like Landscape
