"Two new and powerful telescopes — the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) and the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) — are starting their work at ESO’s Paranal observatory in northern Chile, where the nightsky is so dark the the light from the Milky Way will cast your shadow. They are arguably the most powerful imaging survey telescopes in the world and will hugely increase the scientific discovery potential." - Kurt Starnes