Dark Energy Camera Construction Timelapse

The Dark Energy Camera is a 570-Megapixel digital camera being built at Fermilab. Once the mechanics of the support are tested and approved, the unit will be disassembled and shipped to its final assembly and mounting location at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. This time-lapse consists of 6 percent of the images captured from January through October of 2010. For information on this international project, see http://www.darkenergysurvey.org/index...

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[potentiallyunsafe]

I always forget what song this is, anyone?

[fermilab]

- there are two pieces - the short intro leads into a variant of Pachelbel's Canon in D

[pissinguoff247]

You can't fool me. That's a freakin' Stargate.

[chunchuck2000]

smiley face!

[Creed .M]

Like if you saw the smiley face at 2:19

[laJoya66]

tony stark coulda built it faster alone :b

[victormanx]

can't, they used that name on aqua teen hungerforce.....

[victormanx]

exactly what i was thinking

[McLir]

Is the smiley face there for quick visual reference on the camera's orientation? If not, what is it for?

[700Fantomas007]

Where is your god now.

[bymacorg1]

Cool movie! nice time-lapse candy :P What type of intervalometer did you use ? did you use this remote infrared one that works with all cameras? website: tempus.bymac.org

[W1kk3dMango]

Carl Sagan would be so proud of you guys *sniffle* cary on <3

[chad1robot]

"Good work guys, now how do we get it outside?"