This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity European Extremely Large Telescope mirror support. The planned European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is under construction on top of the Cerro Amazones mountain in the Atacama Desert, Chile. When completed, this optical/infrared telescope will have a diameter primary mirror, the largest on Earth, and will be used to study extrasolar planets, super-massive black holes and dark matter. The contract for its construction was signed at a ceremony in Germany on 25th May 2016. Photographed in 2012.

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