...thoughts and impressions on life, love and beauty ~ with a French flair by Harriet Speer
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
La Silla Observatory in Chile vis a vis Pink Floyd and The Division Bell
This was inspired from an image on the inside of the Division Bell CD cover with due credit to the European Southern Observatory for this image and their words. "The La Silla Observatory is located at the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama Desert, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile and at an altitude of 2400 metres. Like other observatories in this geographical area, La Silla is located far from sources of light pollution and, like the Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope, it has one of the darkest night skies on the Earth. La Silla has been an ESO stronghold since the 1960s. Here, ESO operates some of the most productive 4-metre class telescopes in the world." Today is the 18th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Division Bell.
Labels:
Chile,
Division Bell,
La Silla Observatory,
March 28th,
Pink Floyd
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