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[Site] The Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the North rim of the Caldera de Taburiente at an altitude of 2400 m. The TNG site is on the far right. Construction had just begun at the time this aereal view was taken.
[Roque de los Muchachos]
View of the top of the Roque (center) facing South. On the left of it the NOT (Nordic Optical Telescope), and on the right the unmistakable shape of the TNG dome.
Winter view if the Roque Observatory in January 1997. On the left the Swedish solar tower and the U.K. telescopes. [Winter view]

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