Milky Way over dome at La Silla Observatory. Band of the Milky Way galaxy in the night sky over a telescope dome at La Silla Observatory, in the Ataca

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Milky Way over dome at La Silla Observatory. Band of the Milky Way galaxy in the night sky over a telescope dome at La Silla Observatory, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. The dome houses the ESO telescope, operated by the European Southern Observatory. The site is at an elevation of 2400 metres. Photographed in 2016.

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