Perseid Meteor Seen Above the VLT Observatory (IMAGE)

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Perseid Meteor Seen Above the VLT Observatory

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A Perseid seen in August 2010 above the four enclosures of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile.

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ESO / S. Guisard

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