M1

 

 

VISTA M1 has been successfully washed and installed in Coating Plant; we are pumping down overnight ready for coating. The Coating Plant test/tuning went very well, and all indications are for a first-class coating.
 
 
Final inspection

Leaving LZOS

Leaving LZOS

In the Asimov

Onboard the Antonov

On route to Paranal

The long slow drive up the mountain

craining

 

 

VISTA M1 now safely lowered to Mirror Wash Area and secured to its washcart; washing will commence shortly, to be followed by installation into Coating Plant for extended overnight pumpdown then coating.

 
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