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  • Rubin Observatory glows golden orange at sunset. The boot-shaped observatory, with its long low service building and angular silver dome, is oriented to the right and slightly away from us, and sits among construction equipment and shipping containers. The reflective dome shines brightly with orange sunlight. The summit ridge extends back and to the left, with a couple other telescope domes visible. The Chilean desert mountains continue into the background beneath a blue sky.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • A sunset drone shot of Rubin Observatory from behind, atop its desert mountain site on Cerro Pachón. A white crane with arm extended sits in front of the observatory. The smaller dome of the nearby Auxiliary Telescope is visible to the left, with a dirt road between it and the main observatory. The Chilean desert mountain ridges recede into the distance under a blue sky. The peaks on the left are higher in elevation than those on the right.
    Rubin December 2023
  • Rubin Observatory stands prominently in the center of this image atop its Chilean desert summit on Cerro Pachón. The sky is clear blue, and the setting sun glows from the left, illuminating the left side of the observatory. A large crane sits to the right of the observatory with its arm extended, looking small compared to the observatory building. The foreground summit area is shadowed, and the desert mountains recede into the distance, interspersed with hazy atmosphere. The telescopes of the neighboring Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory are visible as tiny bumps on a distant summit to the right.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • Rubin Observatory’s silver angular dome dominates this view in front of a starry night sky. The denser band of stars of the Milky Way extends from the edge of the dome in the center, up toward the right. The band of stars itself has dark dust tendrils woven throughout.
    Rubin Night Sky
  • Rubin Observatory atop its rocky summit under a sky of star trails. The observatory building resembles a foot and ankle shape, with a white main building and silver dome sticking up. The night sky is filled with curved streaks. The streaks are stars that have moved across the sky while the camera shutter was open. The focal point of the curved star trails is out of view to the upper left.
    Star Trails over Rubin
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  • A Cosmic Overpass
  • A group of six people stand in front of the huge LSST digital camera, which is oriented so that we're looking into the lens opening and at the blue-tinted tiled focal plane of CCDs. The group of people are all outfitted head to toe in white clean room garb, with hair caps, face masks, white onesies, and foot covers.
    Lens cap off
  • Rubin, the Moon, and the Milky Way
  • The luminous Milky Way and hundreds of stars stretch across the sky behind the silhouette of Rubin Observatory.
    Milky Way above Rubin Observatory
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  • Lit by the full Moon
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