Moving a $20 million mirror
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The mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope moved Tuesday morning from its birthplace at the University of Arizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab to storage in a hangar at Tucson International Airport. It will eventually travel by highway, ship and mountain road to Cerro Pachon, a peak in the Andes Mountains of Chile.
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The mirror made a slow journey across Tucson on Tuesday morning.
The mirror made a slow journey across Tucson on Tuesday morning.
Midtown, Catalina Foothills supported Prop 425, mapping data shows.
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