Blasting Begins for New Mega-Telescope | E-ELT Space Video

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Channel: CoconutScienceLab · 2014 · Science & Technology

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More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - part of the summit of the 3000-meter Cerro Armazones was blasted away in preparation for the construction of the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world, ESO's European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).

Cerro Armazones is located in northern Chile.

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Credit: ESO (European Southern Observatory)

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