ESOcast: 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction

The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT for short, will be by far the largest optical and near-infrared telescope in the world. In early December 2014 the ESO Council gave the go-ahead for the first construction phase of the telescope.More information and download options:http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1440a/Subscribe to our iTunes channel here: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183Credit:ESOVisual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Calçada.Editing: Herbert Zodet.Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.Written by: Mathias Jäger, Herbert Zodet and Richard Hook.Narration: Joe Liske (Dr. J).Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com).Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, S. Rivera, ESA/Hubble, NOVA, Instrument Consortia of METIS, MAORY and MICADO, HARMONI Instrument Consortium, Theofanis N. Matsopoulos, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), B. Tafreshi (twanight.org) and A. M. Swinbank and S. Zieleniewski.Directed by: Herbert Zodet.Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.