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Sailing beneath a sea of stars!

Feast your eyes on this stunning image of our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) underneath a gorgeous starry night sky in #Chile. It almost looks like a ship cresting a great, shadowy wave. ⛵️🌊

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2530a/

📷 P. Romaniuk/ESO

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The bottom fourth of the image is taken up by the black shadow of Chile’s Atacama Desert, appearing as a wave with a peak near the left-hand side. Almost at the very peak of the shadow is a grey dome appearing as a white light. Above, is a vast sea of white specks, stars amongst a gradient of orange, blue and bright pinks and purples. The branching Milky Way extends from the centre of the image to the top right.

Sailing beneath a sea of stars

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