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Very Large Telescope (VLT)
From the European Southern Observatory (ESO), this video shows the construction and work of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT was made in Europe and was erected on Cerro Paranal, a 2,640 metre high mountain in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. This video describes the VLT project and some of the research expectations linked to this most advanced scientific instrument.
Further videos are available from the ESO website.
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