Night skies in Chile’s Atacama desert

by astro_pettit

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  1. Night sky at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds, Coal Sack Nebula, Starlink satellites, green-orange airglow from aurora activity, road lights leading to VLT, and the observatory’s sodium laser to correct for atmospheric distortion. So much to see!

    More space photos can be found on my [twitter](https://x.com/astro_Pettit) and [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/astro_pettit/), astro_pettit

  2. absolutely beautiful ❤️ i’ve been following your work on twitter for a while and it’s breathtaking. may i ask what camera did you use?