Operator adjusting optical mirror, observatory, MMT.

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Operator adjusting optical mirror of the MMT telescope, (the ten-ton meter diameter primary mirror of the MMT is polished to a high accurate parabolic dish to collect the light from distant stars and galaxies), Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.

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Location: Mount Hopkins, Arizona, United States.
Photo credit: © inga spence / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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