First images unveiled from world’s largest camera

Images from the world’s largest camera, built in California, 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, California, 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 Travis Lange said last year the 3...