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Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

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The telescope is a project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation and is under ...

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Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...