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The installed astronomical infrastructure in Northern Chile accounts for 50% of the world's light collection capacity. The observatories planned for coming years will bring that total to 70%, making Chile a uniquely attractive destination for the world's astronomers. The inherent features of Northern Chile, from the bone-dry desert, to the altitude, and the absence of rain and clouds, make the region the perfect platform for gazing at our universe --and beyond. VIDEO THUMBNAIL: "A Mix of Colours and Wonder" Credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org) http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1524a/ VIDEO SEQUENCE CREDITS:: • Eso1312A Esocast65A: ESO (http://www.eso.org), Y. Beletsky (LCO), Christoph Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com), Babak Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) and Luis Calçada. • Uhd_lasilla5_2014: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / UHD Team • ParanalTimelapse12-2D: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • ParanalTimelapse12G: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • Paranaltimelapse12R: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • Alma2011chajtimelapse1: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • UHD_yb_alma_02: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / Y. Beletsky (LCO) / ESO (http://www.eso.org) • uhd_bt_paranal_07: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • uhd_cm_paranal_cc: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • uhd_bt_paranal_02: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • uhd_bt_paranal_05: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • uhd_bt_paranal_13_platform: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • esocast65a: ESO (http://www.eso.org), Y. Beletsky (LCO), Christoph Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com), Babak Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) and Luis Calçada. • Almatimelapse12h: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • uhd_bt_paranal_09: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • paranaltimelapse12v: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org) • timelapse12a: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com) • eso0932a: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / S. Brunier. Music: John Dyson (from the album "Moonwind") • eso1312a: Visuals: ESO (http://www.eso.org), ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), C. Malin (http://www.christophmalin.com), José Francisco Salgado (http://www.josefrancisco.org), B. Tafreshi (http://www.twanight.org), NRAO/General Dynamics C4 Systems, NRAO/AUI/NSF, Al Wootten, Y. Beletsky (LCO), Nick Risinger (http://www.skysurvey.org), S. Guisard (http://www.eso.org/~sguisard), NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team, M. Maercker et al, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. • eso1520a: ESO (http://www.eso.org) / Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (http://www.skysurvey.org) • eso0907a: ESO (http://www.eso.org)