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That scarf from VLT is the Scarf on Page 80; it doesn't have a name.
Anxiety Explosion Cazzab 2008
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The largest telescope in the world is called the VLT and operates in the Chilean Andes.
Optical Delusions 2007
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The largest telescope in the world is called the VLT and operates in the Chilean Andes.
Optical Delusions 2007
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In the tradition of comically boring telescope names, the array at the Paranal Observatory has been christened the Very Large Telescope VLT, and its opening was lauded by, among others, Frederic Gonte, the head of instrumentation for the observatory.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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This is not a knock on the VLT as much as it is an acknowledgment of the fact that there are some things we'll probably never know.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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Reflection being what it is, I personally think we'd see some people with a giant mirror looking right back at us, and we'd call it Bizarro VLT, but that's just me.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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I say this in light of the fact that on the same day as the announcement of the opening of the VLT, the Hubble space telescope released yet another stunning, close-up interstellar image, this one of a spiral galaxy in the Cetus constellation.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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This is not a knock on the VLT as much as it is an acknowledgment of the fact that there are some things we'll probably never know.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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I'm as big a fan of telescopes as anyone, so I don't want to seem as if I'm denigrating the VLT, but I don't know how much of a milestone this really is.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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I'll be excited if the VLT can somehow see farther or take cooler pictures than the Hubble, but I think it's unlikely that a giant mirror is going to uncover any new universal secrets.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe Todd Hartley 2012
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