![ESO on Twitter: "The ELT is taking shape! This Picture of the Week shows the current progress in the construction of the telescope, such as the structure of the dome's pier and ESO on Twitter: "The ELT is taking shape! This Picture of the Week shows the current progress in the construction of the telescope, such as the structure of the dome's pier and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKampZ2XwAIjVHf.jpg:large)
ESO on Twitter: "The ELT is taking shape! This Picture of the Week shows the current progress in the construction of the telescope, such as the structure of the dome's pier and
![File:ESO Signs Largest Ever Ground-based Astronomy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:ESO Signs Largest Ever Ground-based Astronomy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/ESO_Signs_Largest_Ever_Ground-based_Astronomy_Contract_for_E-ELT_Dome_and_Telescope_Structure.jpg)
File:ESO Signs Largest Ever Ground-based Astronomy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![English: Construction is now underway of the foundation of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in the remote Chilean Atacama Desert.; 27 September 2019, 12:30:00; https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann19047a/; ESO Stock Photo - Alamy English: Construction is now underway of the foundation of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in the remote Chilean Atacama Desert.; 27 September 2019, 12:30:00; https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann19047a/; ESO Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BAMBCJ/english-construction-is-now-underway-of-the-foundation-of-esos-extremely-large-telescope-elt-in-the-remote-chilean-atacama-desert-27-september-2019-123000-httpswwwesoorgpublicimagesann19047a-eso-2BAMBCJ.jpg)