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  • Looking up a white, snow-covered road toward an observatory buildings under a clear blue sky. Rubin Observatory's boot-shaped building is left of center, with shiny dome extending up on the left and long white building pointing to the left.
    Snow on the Summit
  • A snow-covered desert mountain landscape under clear blue skies. The perspective is from a peak up above, looking down upon a flat area with a few buildings, and snow-capped mountains in the distance. In the distant set of mountains, we can see a clear line between the snow capped peaks and snow-free lower elevations.
    Snow on the Summit
  • Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter mirror is coated
  • Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter mirror is coated
  • Top view of Rubin’s 8.4-meter mirror with its reflective coating applied. The mirror is positioned in front of and just below the similarly sized round silver coating chamber, and the coating chamber is reflected in the surface of the mirror.
    The coated 8.4-meter mirror
  • View of Rubin’s 8.4-meter mirror with its reflective coating applied. The mirror is positioned in front of and just below the similarly sized round silver coating chamber. Six people in white coveralls, haircovers, and face masks are standing above and behind the mirror, raising their hands in the air, 3 on the left side of the mirror, and 3 on the right. One similarly dressed person is popping out of the hole in the center of the mirror.
    The coated 8.4-meter mirror
  • Rubin's Unique Mirror Design (Spanish version)
  • Rubin's Unique Mirror Design
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined. It is positioned just above the glass, with it's opening just wide enough to encircle the glass. A person stands to the left, less than a quarter of the height of the mirror and chamber together.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined. It is positioned just above the glass, with it's opening just wide enough to encircle the glass. A person in front, less than a quarter of the height of the mirror and chamber together.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined. It is positioned just above the glass, with it's opening just wide enough to encircle the glass. A person stands to the right, less than a quarter of the height of the mirror and chamber together.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, partially underneath the coating chamber. The glass is a thick disk of white glass and a protective blue top surface sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • A group photo with Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on thick disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber looms overhead, extending behind the view of the camera. A group of seven people in hard hats and construction clothing smile in front of the glass and support cell, less than half of their combined height.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass is on its teal support cell in the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on thick disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber looms overhead, extending behind the camera's view. A person in a hard hat and construction clothing faces away from the camera and toward the glass and support cell in the background.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • The brown Chilean desert mountain ridges recede into the background like crinkled paper under a mostly clear blue sky. A couple of nearby telescope domes peek over a nearby ridge to the right.
    View from Rubin Observatory
  • Rubin Observatory on top of its desert site on Cerro Pachón. The building is boot-shaped, with a long white service building extending to the left and angular silver dome rising on the right. Clouds fill the sky like a blanket of cotton balls with occasional patches of blue.
    Rubin Observatory in April 2024
  • Rubin Observatory on top of its desert site on Cerro Pachón. The building is boot-shaped, with a long white service building extending to the left and angular silver dome rising on the right. Clouds fill the sky like a blanket of cotton balls.
    Rubin Observatory in April 2024
  • Three people wearing hard hats and orange construction jackets. The left and right people have dark hair and beards, while the center person has long brown hair.
    Rubin Team April 2024
  • A circle of six people work beneath a a white steel structure with cables above. The space is too small to stand up in, so all of the staff are sitting or kneeling. Three of the six are wearing white clean room onesies, and the others are wearing work pants and construction vests.
    Rubin Team April 2024
  • A view from above of Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell in the observatory maintenance area, underneath the coating chamber. The glass is an edge-on disk of white glass sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined. It is positioned just above the glass, with it's opening just wide enough to encircle the glass. A person stands to the left, less than a quarter of the height of the mirror and chamber together.
    Rubin Observatory and members of the Rubin team at work on the summit in April 2024.
  • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. The denser area of the Milky Way spills from the right horizon up toward the left. Dark tendrils of dust clouds weave through a thicker bulge area toward the middle.
    Rubin and Night Sky
  • Nora Shipp discusses how Rubin Observatory will contribute to the study of stellar streams
  • The yellow disc of the full moon dominates the image. The moon has nearly risen above the horizon runninb along the bottom of the image, but is just cut off from being a perfect circle at the bottom. Rubin Observatory is silhouetted toward the right side of the moon, shaped like a boot with low service building extending to the right and shiny angular dome sticking up. A small-looking crane sits to the left of the observatory.
    Rubin Observatory and the full moon
  • Nora Shipp discusses how Rubin Observatory will contribute to the study of stellar streams
  • Group of people working in the Rubin Observatory control room. The back wall is clear glass. A long desk in the middle of the room has several computer monitors side by side.
    Rubin Observing Team
  • Two people converse in the Rubin Observatory control room. The back wall is filled with large TV screens with multiple windows of technical information. The two people face each other at a desk with more monitors.
    Rubin Observing Team
  • Rubin Summit Control Room
  • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. A couple of faint satellite streaks can be seen to the left of the observatory.
    Rubin Observatory Evening
  • A telescope dome and steel towers sit on a rocky mountain site. The sky fills the top half of the image, and is a {{describe sky}}. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image.
    Rubin's Auxiliary Telescope
  • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right, and a few passenger vehicles are parked in the flat area in front of the observatory.
    Rubin Observatory March 2024
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