Timelapse movie that shows the full mirror removal, handling, transport and coating sequence of a large 8 meter telescope mirror at ESO's Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal in Chile. The movie compresses an 8 day operation into 12 minutes.
More photos of Paranal astronomical observatory at https://www.atacamaphoto.com/
Music credit:
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Introduction
Artist: Hartmut Haenchen