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| Ready for installation | The coating chamber appears! |
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| The tractors ease the chamber into the enclosure base | |
On Saturday, August 16th, 1997, the 8-m coating chamber (which is actually larger than 9m in diameter) was installed in the enclosure base on Mauna Kea. Below is an image of the chamber still on the ship that brought it - notice the bus on the level above for scale!
