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Reality, redefined. I stitched these together from several shots at the top of Mauna Kea. In addition to the links below (the telescopes from left to right), each telescope is also a link, so just click on the one you want to know more about.
- The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
- The Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6 meter telescope -- Here's a picture of that scope at the Astronomy Picture of the Day site
- The Gemini 8-meter Telescope
- The University of Hawaii 2.2-meter Telescope
- The United Kingdom Infrared 3.8-meter Telescope
- The Caltech 10.4-meter submillimeter telescope
- The James Clerk Maxwell 15-meter submillimeter telescope
- The Smithsonian-Taiwan submillimeter array (under construction)
- The 8-meter Subaru telescope (uses cool mosaic CCD cameras instead of film)
- W. M. Keck Observatory (dual domes).
The Kecks are using adaptive optics to get a better view through the Earth's atmosphere. Check out this picture of Neptune using adaptive optics from the Kecks!
