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  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory features prominently in the center of this drone video atop its Chilean desert summit on Cerro Pachón. The sky is clear blue, and the setting sun initially glows from the right, shifting left as the drone flies clockwise around the observatory. A large crane sits next to the observatory with its arm extended, looking small compared to the observatory building. The desert mountains recede into the distance, interspersed with hazy atmosphere.
    Drone video of Rubin in December 2023
  • 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 sits among construction equipment and shipping containers. The reflective dome shines brightly with orange sunlight. The summit ridge extends back on the right side of the image, with a couple other telescope domes visible. The Chilean desert mountains continue into the background beneath a blue sky.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • 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
  • A small round telescope dome sits on a flattened desert summit area under a clear blue sky. The view is from a higher summit, looking down on the telescope. The brown Chilean desert mountain ridges recede into the background like crinkled paper. A nearby, larger telescope dome peeks over a nearby ridge to the right.
    AuxTel December 2023
  • Two women in orange construction safety vests and white hard hats converse in front of a railing separating them from a yellow crane structure in the background
    Sitio de la cumbre del Observatorio Rubin
  • Two people equipped with high elevation safety harnesses ready to work on the observatory dome. The people are facing the teal steel wall and away from us, and are wearing orange safety vests and white hard hats.
    Rubin Observatory Summit Site
  • A group of people stand in the telescope's dome area, which is a construction site. Everyone is wearing orange vest and hard hats, busy with their respective tasks.
    Rubin Observatory Summit Site
  • A person in a red and black jacket with orange hard hat looks at something out of view to the right. A large piece of unidentifiable white machinery is in the background, with a blue circle and white text reading "26 Mts" printed on it.
    Rubin Observatory Summit Site
  • A group of four people in orange construction safety clothing and hard hats stand inside Rubin Observatory's dome area against a background of teal steel beams.
    Rubin Observatory Summit Site
  • This timelapse video shows the construction of Rubin Observatory from 2011-2022
    Rubin construction timelapse
  • Snow blankets the mountaintop under a partly cloudy daytime sky. Roads are cleared and no snow appears on the observatory buildings.
    Cerro Pachón after a winter storm
  • The telescope mount is positioned horizontally and pointing away from the open slit of the dome.
    Telescope Mount
  • A large crane holds a person in a suspended bucket in front of the Rubin telescope mount
    Cable install
  • The truck carrying the coating chamber barely clears the tunnel. A banner on the chamber reads: Von Ardenne.
    Coating Chamber Transport
  • This view of the coating chamber shape resembles the bottom half of a flying saucer. The chamber is wrapped for transport.
    Coating chamber at summit.
  • A truck carrying a space ship-like silver object is traveling along a wet highway at night. The structure spans both lanes of the road.
    Coating Chamber Transport
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