Construction Site

1 /  Aerial view of telescope summit, February 2020. Image credit: Francisco Figueroa, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 2 /  Hard rock excavation for telescope foundation, July 2019. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 3 /  View from the summit during hard rock excavation, July 2019. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 4 /  View of Las Campanas Peak with the telescope support sites shown in the foreground and the telescope summit shown center. Image credit: Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 5 /  Overhead view of the telescope site during construction work on the pier lift platform and outer grade beam, October 2018. Image credit: Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 6 /  Overhead view of the chalking of the telescope mirrors shown as ellipses on the ground, representing the shadow of the telescope mirror array Image credit: JL Dauvergne /Ciel et Espace 7 /  Telescope summit view, excavations for the enclosure and telescope pier foundations shown center. Image credit: Francisco Figueroa, /Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation. 8 /  Summit blast for leveling, 2012. Image credit: Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation.