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  • The Rubin mirror cell surrogate mass on the platform lift, viewed from the side. The surrogate mass is a criss-crossing structure of yellow steel. The mass is about as tall as a person, but several times larger in the other two dimensions. The observatory platform lift is a huge, open elevator used to transport large equipment, so the Chilean desert landscape is visible on the other side.
    Mass Surrogate Removal
  • The Rubin mirror cell surrogate mass on the platform lift. The surrogate mass is a criss-crossing structure of yellow steel. The mass is about as tall as a person, but several times larger in the other two dimensions. The observatory platform lift is a huge, open elevator used to transport large equipment, so the Chilean desert is visible on the other side. The lift is at its highest level, meaning that the portion of the building roof above it has been raised as well
    Mass Surrogate Removal
  • The Rubin mirror cell surrogate mass on the platform lift. The surrogate mass is a criss-crossing structure of yellow steel. The mass is about as tall as a person, but several times larger in the other two dimensions. The observatory platform lift is a huge, open elevator used to transport large equipment. The lift is at its highest level, meaning that the portion of the building roof above it has been raised as well
    Mass Surrogate Removal
  • A dense field of uniformly distributed stars on a black background. The stars are varied in size and color, with most stars appearing either blue or orange. A few of the stars have a red appearance. There are a couple of blobs with denser stars. The densest blob is at the center left, and two more appear at the bottom
    Stellar coadded image
  • This landscape video is divided into three vertical panels. The left panel contains caption and credit text reading "Process of installing the last Cryo refrigeration cabinet beneath the SST. Bruno Quint." The center and right panels show a timelapse from two different angles of five people moving a large metal box into position using a green cart.
    Refrigeration cabinet install
  • Four people wearing bright orange and yellow construction vests and hard hats stand in an enclosed industrial area. The people pose next to a large silver box suspended from the ceiling. Both the ceiling and floor are made of metal grates
    Refrigeration cabinets installation
  • A group of five people sit and stand around numerous computer monitors of different sizes in the Rubin Observatory control room. Three of the people are sitting at a large curved desk in blue rolling chairs. Computer monitors and laptops populate the desk. Two people stand on either side of the desk. Everyone is looking at one of three large TV screens to the left showing several data information windows.
    Observing Team
  • A small group of people sit and stand around numerous computer monitors of different sizes in the Rubin Observatory control room. Three of the people are sitting at a large curved desk in blue rolling chairs. Computer monitors and laptops populate the desk. Beyond the desk a person is standing. They are looking at one of three large TV screens showing several data information windows.
    Observing
  • A white observatory building with silver dome is silhouetted against a sunset sky, next to a large crane. The sky fades from blue, to pink, to yellow, to orange toward the horizon. The sky appears brighter just behind the observatory, making it seem to glow from behind. To the right and left of the observatory, layered mountain ridges fade into the distance.
    Rubin After Sunset
  • A white observatory building with silver dome is silhouetted against a sunset sky, next to a large crane. The sky fades from pink in the upper right, to yellow, to orange toward the lower left. The sky appears brighter just behind the observatory, making it seem to glow from behind.
    Rubin Closeup
  • Three different telescope buildings sit atop their rocky summits, The nearest telescope is to the right, and is in shadow. The other telescopes are more distant to the left, and are in the red-orange glow of sunset. Distant mountain peaks are visible in the background under a clear, yellow-hued sky.
    AuxTel, Gemini, SOAR
  • An orange crane with a basket to hold a person frames a telescope building in the background. The main body of the crane is on four wheels, to the left of the image. The crane's arm extends horizontally through the top third of the image, then down to the lower right. The telescope building is visible through the three-sided frame created by the crane body and arm. Mountains in distance glow with the reds and oranges of sunset under a blue sky.
    Auxiliary Telescope and Crane
  • Fiver people smiling for a group selfie in an elevator mirror, dressed in construction safety equipment. They are all wearing bright orange shirts or vests, safety harnesses, and hard hats. The person second from the left is holding the phone camera used for the selfie.
    Elevator Selfie
  • Four people smiling for a group selfie in an elevator mirror, dressed in construction safety equipment. They are all wearing orange construction vests, safety harnesses, and hard hats. The person on the left is holding the phone camera used for the selfie.
    Full Harness Gear in the Elevator
  • A side view of the teal telescope mount assembly, which is the steel support structure for the Rubin Observatory telescope, camera, and mirrors. The shape of the mount assembly resembles a vase a bit taller than it is wide, rounded on the bottom and tipped on its side. We can see through the mount assembly's open steel framing to the other side of the dome. All around is the teal steel framing that makes up the observatory dome. The dome is partially opened above.
    Half Open Wide Angle
  • A side view of the teal telescope mount assembly, which is the steel support structure for the Rubin Observatory telescope, camera, and mirrors. The shape of the mount assembly resembles a vase a bit taller than it is wide, rounded on the bottom and tipped on its side. We can see through the mount assembly's open steel framing to the other side of the dome. All around is the teal steel framing that makes up the observatory dome. The dome is partially opened above.
    Half Open
  • A side view of the teal telescope mount assembly, which is the steel support structure for the Rubin Observatory telescope, camera, and mirrors. The shape of the mount assembly resembles a vase a bit taller than it is wide, rounded on the bottom and tipped on its side. We can see through the mount assembly's open steel framing to the other side of the dome. All around is the teal steel framing that makes up the observatory dome.
    Rubin Observatory’s telescope mount in March 2023.
  • Two observatory buildings sit atop a rocky summit under a blue sky with scattered puffy clouds. The landscape is brown and rocky, with layers of mountain peaks going into the distance. The two observatories are white structures on top of the nearest peak.
    Dome View
  • A view out of the Rubin Observatory dome opening looking at the brown, mountainous Chilean landscape. The sky is blue with a few puffy clouds in the distance. The view is from inside the lower right corner of the opening, and the opening extends beyond our view overhead.
    Dome Open
  • A view out of the Rubin Observatory dome opening looking at the brown, mountainous Chilean landscape. The view is from inside the lower right corner of the opening, angled so we can see just inside the opening as well. Three people stand near the opening, smiling at the camera. They are wearing hard hats, safety harnesses, and orange construction vests. The dome opening itself is framed by teal steel.
    Dome View
  • Three rows of yellow construction hard hats sitting on top of a gray file cabinet. The front left hard hat is the most prominent, and the rows of hard hats go into the background toward the upper right. Each hard hat is sitting on top of a folded neon orange or yellow construction safety vest.
    Safety Equipment
  • An observatory building sits atop a dark rocky summit under sunset skies. The image is divided into seven vertical slices showing seven days' worth of sunsets in a single image, from March 2 on left all the way to March 8 on the right. Each sunset varies in tones of blue, pink, purple, and orange
    A Week of Sunsets at Rubin Observatory
  • Two workers are lifted by an orange crane to work on part of a large, silver aluminum observatory dome. The dome itself takes up about two thirds of the image. The dome also has vertical ridging that adds texture. The dome shutters face toward our right, made of two flat surface that meet at an obtuse angle. The shutters themselves open by separating to the sides. The sides of the dome are broken up by long rectangular features, which are the dome flaps that swing outward to open and allow air circulation inside the dome. The brown and mountainous desert Chilean landscape is visible in the background under clear blue skies.
    Drone view of Rubin dome
  • Two workers lifted in an orange crane basket work on aluminum flaps on an observatory dome. The silver aluminum dome dominates the image, extending beyond the top and bottom. The aluminum surface is ridged, with vertical lines spanning the entire height. Two people in neon green hard hats and orange vests stand in a small orange crane basket in the center of the image. One person is working on the rectangular dome flaps. The flaps open by swinging upward and allow for air circulation inside the dome. The flaps themselves are long rectangles, almost as tall as a person, and nearly three times as long. The ground far below is visible in the lower right.
    Working on the dome
  • Black and white photo looking into the business end of a giant car-sized digital camera. A large black circular opening dominates the center, and sits on a white steel support structure
    LSST Camera in Black & White
  • Black and white photo looking into the business end of a giant car-sized digital camera. A large black cylindrical tube is seen face-on, supported off the floor by white steel beams and a horizontal platform. A person sits in a desk chair in the lower right about the same distance away as the camera. They almost appear smaller than the camera opening, showing the camera's scale.
    LSST Camera in black & white
  • Black and white photo of a person sitting next to the huge cylindrical core of Rubin's giant digital camera. The person is sitting in a rolly chair wearing a white onesie, white booties, white mask, and white head covering. To the left in our view, a cylindrical tube lays on its side pointed toward us, raised off the floor. It's made up of two differently sized cylinders laid end to end, with the larger cylinder toward the back. The end of the smaller cylinder facing us has a bunch of cables sticking out.
    Working on the LSST Camera
  • Black and white photo of a person kneeling on the floor and reflected in a circular object. The person is dressed head to toe in white clean room protective equipment, which includes a white onesie, white booties, gloves, and hair net. They are holding up a camera to photograph themselves.
    Filter Selfie
  • The video begins with background of a vivid red nebula sprinkled with stars, overlaid with the words "What word defines Women? / ¿Qué palabra define a las mujeres?" The video then cycles through many different women saying their word.
    International Women's Day 2023
  • A white observatory building sits on a rocky site under a blue twilight sky with a few stars visible. The shiny aluminum dome is opened to reveal the top half of the telescope mount ring structure peeking out. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image, and is a fairly uniform navy blue color. The desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, and is too dark to pick out many details. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory February 2023
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