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KECK INTERFEROMETER VIRTUAL TOUR

Take a 360 degree virtual tour of the W.M. Keck Observatory, home of the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. The observatory, located atop a dormant volcano 13,600 feet above the Pacific Ocean, is the site of NASA's Keck Interferometer project.

Located on the summit of Mauna Kea, 4,150 meters (13,600 feet) above the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii's  W.M. Keck Observatory houses the  world's two largest optical and infrared telescopes.  By linking them together as an interferometer, astronomers are able to investigate regions where Earth-like planets may have formed.  The Keck Interferometer is managed by JPL for NASA�s Science Mission Directorate.

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