After almost four years of work at ESO, I finally had a chance to visit Paranal Observatory in Chile, seeing the place, the telescopes, and the working laser guide star system. The trip was very short and intense. But still it gave me a lot of joy. It was the first time for me being south sphere. We spent all two nights on the telescope platform, watching sky. The laser was fired to sky on one night.
Some photos taken by me:
ＵT1, UT2, UT3
