File:A 360 degree panorama of a unique cloudscape over La Silla.jpg

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Description	العربية: صُورة بتقنية 360 درجة لِمنظرٍ غائمٍ في لاسيلا، على الأطراف الجنوبيَّة لِصحراء أتاكاما، وهي موضع تلسكوب ESO 3.6. English: A 360 degree view of a rare cloudscape over La Silla, in the southern edges of the Atacama Desert, home of ESO's first observing site. Here ESO operates three major telescopes: the 3.6-metre telescope, the New Technology Telescope and the 2.2-metre Max-Planck-ESO telescope. They are equipped with state-of-the art instruments such as HARPS, the best extrasolar planet finder in the world. The dome in the centre of the image belongs to the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, commissioned in 1977 and completely upgraded in 1999, and to which HARPS is mounted. At the far right of the image is the 15-metre Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST), built in 1987, decommissioned in 2003, and replaced by the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope on the 5100 m Chajnantor plateau. فارسی: سراسرنمای ۳۶۰ درجه از ابرهای فراز رصدخانه لاسیا در جنوب بیابان آتاکاما در شیلی Polski: 360-stopniowa panorama wyjątkowej formacji chmur nad obserwatorium La Silla na południowym krańcu pustyni Atakama w Chile.
Date	3 December 2009, 23:18:30
Source	http://www.eso.org/public/images/lasilla/
Author	ESO/F. Kamphues

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English: A 360 degree panorama of a unique cloudscape over La Silla Observatory, in the southern edges of the Atacama Desert, Chile.

Other languages:

Bosanski: Panorama od 360 stepeni jedinstvenih oblaka iznad opservatorije La Silla, na južnom kraju pustinje Atacama, Čile.

Čeština: Panoramatický snímek v horizontu 360 stupňů jedinečné oblačnosti nad observatoří La Silla na jižním okraji pouště Atacama v Chile.

English: A 360 degree panorama of a unique cloudscape over La Silla Observatory, in the southern edges of the Atacama Desert, Chile.

Italiano: Un panorama a 360° dell'osservatorio di La Silla nel deserto dell'Atacama, Cile

Magyar: A La Silla obszervatórium feletti egyedülálló felhőjáték 360 fokos panorámája a chilei Atacama-sivatag déli sarkán

Nederlands: Een panorama van 360 graden vanaf het La Silla Observatorium op de zuidelijke randen van de Atacamawoestijn in Chili.

Polski: 360-stopniowa panorama wyjątkowej formacji chmur nad obserwatorium La Silla na południowym krańcu pustyni Atakama w Chile.

한국어: 칠레 아타카마 사막의 남쪽 가장자리에 위치한 라 실라 천문대의 상공의 구름 풍경이 독특한 360도 전경.

日本語：ラ・シヤ天文台の360度パノラマの雲の風景。チリ・アタカマ砂漠南端にある。

中文：位于智利阿塔卡马沙漠南部边缘的拉西拉天文台上方360度全景云彩图。

فارسی : سراسرنمای ۳۶۰ درجه از ابرهای فراز رصدخانه لاسیا در جنوب بیابان آتاکاما در شیلی

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Image title	A 360 degree view of a rare cloudscape over La Silla, in the southern edges of the Atacama Desert, home of ESO's first observing site. Here ESO operates three major telescopes: the 3.6-metre telescope, the New Technology Telescope and the 2.2-metre Max-Planck-ESO telescope. They are equipped with state-of-the art instruments such as HARPS, the best extrasolar planet finder in the world. The dome in the centre of the image belongs to the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, commissioned in 1977 and completely upgraded in 1999, and to which HARPS is mounted. At the far right of the image is the 15-metre Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST), built in 1987, decommissioned in 2003, and replaced by the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope on the 5100 m Chajnantor plateau.An amazing interactive virtual tour is available here. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop. -->
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