Landscapes of the Twin Gemini Telescopes

Top: A view of the rugged Chilean landscape as seen from Cerro Pachón, the home of the Gemini South telescope. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, can be seen in the distance. Bottom: Maunakea, an enormous, dormant volcano in Hawai‘i, hosts the Gemini North telescope near its summit.

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NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos/J. Chu

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Id:Gemini-NS
Type:Photographic
Release date:May 20, 2024, noon
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