An Astronomical Chilean Sunset

In this photo, the Gemini South telescope, a part of the International Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF NOIRLab, is visible in the background atop Cerro Pachón. Below it, the shadow of the nearly completed Vera C. Rubin Observatory is also visible.

Credit:

Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/Manuel Paredes

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Id:noirlab-rubin-mountain-shadow
Type:Photographic
Release date:Feb. 22, 2022, 12:18 p.m.
Size:5184 x 3456 px

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