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    • A golden cloudy sky dominates the scene behind the dark dome support beams of Rubin Observatory.
      Rubin Observatory Above the Clouds
    • 4 cameras with giant lenses point toward rafts of CCD chips suspended above
      Video cameras
    • the gantry device is a tower like robotic structure suspended over an empty grid within the cryostat
      Installing rafts in the grid
    • A person stands inside the yellow claw-shaped lifting fixture. The fixture is about 2.5 meters high by 5 meters long.
      Camera Lifting Fixture
    • The service building is attached to an open portion of the telescope building. A ring-shaped pier for the telescope mount is atop the open structure.
      NE view from Cerro Pachón
    • Overhead view of the Auxtel dome and a smaller nearby instrument in a small dome on a tripod.
      Drone view
    • View of the LSST facility from the auxiliary telescope summit, showing a close up of the 30 meter DIMM tower and dome enclosure.
      DIMM Tower
    • Circular, colorful streaks fill the night sky over a partially constructed Rubin Observatory.
      Time lapse stars over Rubin Observatory
    • Skyglow from lights punctuate the horizon in 3 places, along with a silhouette of the unfinished observatory building, a crane, and the Auxtel on its separate hill.
      Rubin Observatory under the Milky Way
    • A circular glass disk coated in blue film sits in the middle of a large warehouse
      Primary/Tertiary Mirror
    • The blue-covered mirror disk is held aloft by suction cups attached to a star-shaped metal structure.
      Mirror Lift
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