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University of California - San Diego

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Sunlight from the top of the Dunn Solar Telescope's 136-foot-tall tower travels 228 feet underground and is reflected back up to this room at ground level, where it passes through an optical system (blue lights, background) before reaching the team's custom-built telescope (foreground).

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Noah Rubin

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