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Observatory floor

The large X in the background is the support for the telescope mount,
and the metal colander-shaped thing leaning on it is for testing the mirror optics.

Taken Saturday, August 18, 2001, 01:44:53pm.  Original image size: 1200x1600, 912kb
Technical details: Olympus C700UZ, 1/2s @ F2.8, ISO 515, 38mm