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Over the past days, unusually severe weather has affected northern Chile, where our observatories are located. This brought snow to Paranal and to the ELT construction site. It left stunning images, while causing severe flooding and damage to several cities within the Antofagasta Region. 🔭 1/2

20/8/26, 2:19 pm59 reposts160 likes

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20 Aug

This weather also affected our La Silla observing site, leading to the temporary suspension of scientific operations. As weather conditions are now finally improving, operations are slowly returning to normal at all sites.

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20 Aug

Post 1: 📷 Enrico Sech 📷 Enrico Sech 📷 Armando Canu 📷 Cristian Soto Post 2: 📷 VLT webcam 📷 Armando Canu 📷 Armando Canu