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| GMT primary mirror segment #1 being vacuum-lifted from the polishing table in the background onto the base of a shipping container. The surface of the mirror is protected by a thin blue polymer coating that will be removed when the mirror reaches the GMT site. Image credit: Jeffrey S. Kingsley, Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, The University of Arizona. |
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