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A face-on view of the telescope. The diagonal squarish yellowish-brown box sticking out at you contains a camera (assembled at Univ. of Chicago from parts made at Iowa State, Purdue and other universities). The shutter of the camera is reflected in the mirrors of the telescope (also reflected is the hill of scree on which the photographer stood.) Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.

The triangular bit is some other instrument that we will document later. The blue stripes running SW-NE are actually grey strips of duct tape holding the shutter together. Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.

The structure to its left is a trailer housing the electronics to acquire data from the telescope. The duct work coming out of the trailer contains cables (mostly coaxial cables, a couple of optical fibers, high voltage lines, power lines), which go underground and into the telescope structure. Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.

Same scene, later in the day. Note that only about a quarter of the dish is covered with mirrors at the moment, the rest will be put in over the summer of 2004. Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.

Side view. The diameter of the telescope dish is 12m. The distance from the dish to the camera is also 12m. Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.

These folks are disassembling the camera on the telescope. They are standing on a SnorkelLift. Photos by Brian Humensky. Aligned by Dinoj Surendran for COSMUS.