VLT Mirror Transport

This video sequences were obtained from December 6 to December 9, 1997, and show:

• Arrival of M/S Tarpon Santiago in the port of Antofagasta.
• Unloading the Transport Box with the M1 mirror.
• Convoy moves through the city of Antofagasta.
• Exit from the city of Antofagasta.
• Along the Panamericana Highway.
• Turn-off at the `Old Panamericana' and into the Atacama desert. Caterpillars prepare the road ahead of the convoy.
• Proceeding on the newly renovated road near the turn-off to the Paranal Observatory.
• Ascending the steeper access road. Arrival at the base camp - in front of the Mirror Maintenance Building.