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The Giant Magellan Telescope will be enclosed in a 200-foot-high building at the Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes Mountains in Chile.
The site in northern Chile's Atacama desert was chosen for its weather--it boasts more than 300 clear days a year. The Atacama is known as one of the driest places on Earth, which means skies free of clouds.
March 27, 2012 11:28 AM PDT
Photo by: Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation
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