The world's largest camera built in Menlo Park

Published June 23, 2025 11:55 AM PDT

The first images taken by the world's largest camera are coming in from the National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park.

The camera is located atop Cerro Pachón, a mountain in central Chile but it was constructed at Stanford's SLAC lab. 

It cost $168 million and weighs more than 6,000 pounds.

The camera will shoot photos of 20 billion galaxies and give new insight to scientists about space.
 

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