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A convoy of trucks carefully transport the delicate 8.1-meter primary mirror of the Gemini North telescope to its final site near the summit of Maunakea. This image was taken on 28 June 1998.

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English: A convoy of trucks carefully transport the delicate 8.1-meter primary mirror of the Gemini North telescope to its final site near the summit of Maunakea. This image was taken on 28 June 1998.
Date 12 October 2023, 14:45:00 (upload date)
Source Taking the Gemini Mirror to the Mountain
Author NOIRLab
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