NSF visits Corning plant

The National Science Foundation (NSF), including former NSF Director Rita Colwell (wearing a red coat), visits the Corning plant in Canton, New York. Together with the Optics Team of the International Gemini Observatory, the Corning Optics Team, and Corning management, they stand on the 8-meter mirror that will soon be installed on one of the Gemini Observatory's twin telescopes. This image was captured in the late 1990s.