First images unveiled from world’s largest camera, built in the Bay Area

Images from the world’s largest camera, built in the Bay Area, have just been released for the first time, providing a never-before-seen look into deep space.

A decade in the making at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, the $168 million, 6,600-pound camera with a lens five feet across was completed last spring. It was shipped in a secretive, intricately orchestrated mission to a ridge-top observatory in Chile, 8,900 feet above sea level.

SLAC’s camera project manager...