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English: In the outskirts of the Atacama Desert, far from the light-polluted cities of northern Chile, the skies are pitch-black after sunset. Such dark skies allow some of the best astronomical observing to take place — and at an altitude of 2400 metres, ESO’s La Silla Observatory has an incredibly clear view of the night sky. However, even such a remote, high, and dry location cannot always escape the weather that sometimes comes with the winter months, when blankets of snow can cover the mountain peak and its telescope domes.

This image shows a wintry La Silla sitting beneath a spray of stars from our Milky Way, the plane of which slants across the frame. Visible (from right to left) are the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT), the ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope, and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, which has snow on its dome. The small dome of the decommissioned Coudé Auxiliary Telescope can be seen adjacent to that of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, and between it and the NTT are the water tanks of the observatory.

While the sight of snow at La Silla may initially be surprising, the high altitude ESO sites can experience both hot and cold temperatures through the year, and occasionally be subject to harsh conditions.

This photograph was taken by José Francisco Salgado, an ESO Photo Ambassador.
Español: En las afueras del Desierto de Atacama, lejos de la contaminación lumínica de las ciudades del norte de Chile, tras la puesta de Sol, los cielos son totalmente negros. Estos cielos tan oscuros permiten que allí tengan lugar algunas de las mejores observaciones astronómicas — a una altitud de 2.400 metros, el Observatorio La Silla de ESO tiene unas vistas del cielo nocturno increíblemente despejadas. Sin embargo, pese a ser un lugar remoto, alto y seco, no siempre puede escapar a las condiciones meteorológicas que, a veces, acompañan a los meses de invierno, cuando la nieve llega a cubrir el pico de la montaña y las cúpulas de sus telescopios.

Esta imagen muestra una La Silla invernal bajo un chorro de estrellas de nuestra Vía Láctea, cuyo plano se ve oblicuo en este fotograma. A la vista (de derecha a izquierda) el telescopio de 3,6 metros de ESO, el telescopio de 3,58 metros NTT (New Technology Telescope), el telescopio Schmidt de un metro de ESO, y el telescopio de 2,2 metros MPG/ESO, con nieve sobre su cúpula. Junto al telescopio de 3,6 metros de ESO, puede verse la pequeña cúpula del Coudé Auxiliary Telescope, fuera de servicio, y entre este y el NTT se encuentran los tanques de agua del observatorio.

Pese a que ver un paisaje nevado en La Silla pueda parecer sorprendente, los lugares de observación de ESO están a tal altitud que pueden experimentar, a lo largo del año, temperaturas que pueden ir de lo más frío a lo más caluroso y, ocasionalmente, pueden padecer condiciones muy duras.

Esta fotografía fue tomada por José Francisco Salgado, un Fotógrafo Embajador de ESO.
Русский: На окраине пустыни Атакама, вдали от светового загрязнения городов на севере Чили, после захода Солнца небо угольно-черное. Такое темное небо позволяет проводить самые лучшие астрономические наблюдения, и на высоте 2400 метров, в обсерватории Ла Силья, ESO, небо невероятно четкое и ясное. Тем не менее, даже в такие отдаленные, высокие и сухие места может прийти иногда зимняя непогода, и снежное одеяло может покрыть горный пик и купол телескопа.

На этом фото -- Ла Силья зимой, под брызгами звезд нашего Млечного Пути, наклонной полосой пересекающего всю площадь кадра. Справа налево – телескопы: 3,6-метровый, 3,58-метровый NTT, метровый «Шмидт» и 2,2-метровый телескоп MPG/ESO, купол которого засыпан снегом. Рядом с 3,6-метровым телескопом виден небольшой купол списанного вспомогательного телескопа кудэ; между ним и NTT виднеются резервуары для воды.

Вид заснеженной обсерватории Ла Силья сначала может показаться странным. Но в высокогорных обсерваториях ESO в течение года может быть и жарко, и холодно, а иногда погодные условия могут быть довольно суровыми.

Этот снимок был сделан Хосе Франсиско Сальгадо, фото-посланником ESO.
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