Gemini North telescope mirror being cleaned
Gemini North telescope mirror being cleaned. A worker can be seen in front of the huge primary mirror. Gemini North, located on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, is part of two telescopes that form the International Gemini Observatory. The second telescope, Gemini South, is located in Chile.
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