![English: A laser beam launched from VLT´s 8.2-metre Yepun telescope crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at 90 km altitude in the high Earth´s mesosphere. The Laser Guide English: A laser beam launched from VLT´s 8.2-metre Yepun telescope crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at 90 km altitude in the high Earth´s mesosphere. The Laser Guide](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BAMBTP/english-a-laser-beam-launched-from-vlts-82-metre-yepun-telescope-crosses-the-majestic-southern-sky-and-creates-an-artificial-star-at-90-km-altitude-in-the-high-earths-mesosphere-the-laser-guide-star-lgs-is-part-of-the-vlts-adaptive-optics-system-and-it-is-used-as-reference-to-correct-images-from-the-blurring-effect-of-the-atmosphere-the-picture-field-is-crossed-by-an-impressive-milky-way-our-own-galaxy-seen-perfectly-edge-on-the-most-prominent-objects-on-the-milky-way-are-sirius-the-brightest-star-in-the-sky-visible-at-the-top-and-the-carina-nebula-seen-as-a-bright-patch-beside-2BAMBTP.jpg)
English: A laser beam launched from VLT´s 8.2-metre Yepun telescope crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at 90 km altitude in the high Earth´s mesosphere. The Laser Guide
![File:ESO's Very Large Telescope during the testing of a new laser for the VLT 14 February 2013.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:ESO's Very Large Telescope during the testing of a new laser for the VLT 14 February 2013.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/ESO%E2%80%99s_Very_Large_Telescope_during_the_testing_of_a_new_laser_for_the_VLT_14_February_2013.jpg)
File:ESO's Very Large Telescope during the testing of a new laser for the VLT 14 February 2013.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Vlt Laser Guide Star Facility Photograph by European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library - Fine Art America Vlt Laser Guide Star Facility Photograph by European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library - Fine Art America](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/vlt-laser-guide-star-facility-european-southern-observatoryscience-photo-library.jpg)