The Stargazer’s Desktop
Each one of these buildings houses a 1.8-meter telescope at the Paranal Observatory, located deep in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Together, along with several others, they produce very high resolution images of the night sky in a part of the world where distracting light pollution isn't an issue. In desktop form, it reminds us to focus, stay organized, and minimize distractions. Reader tylersmith1 may not have been thinking about that analogy when he put together this great GeekTool desktop, but we can see it as plain as the stars in the sky. More »
Each one of these buildings houses a 1.8-meter telescope at the Paranal Observatory, located deep in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Together, along with several others, they produce very high resolution images of the night sky in a part of the world where distracting light pollution isn't an issue. In desktop form, it reminds us to focus, stay organized, and minimize distractions. Reader tylersmith1 may not have been thinking about that analogy when he put together this great GeekTool desktop, but we can see it as plain as the stars in the sky. More »