SANTIAGO – Residents of the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up on June 26 to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. “INCREDIBLE!

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which houses a telescope with the largest digital camera ever built, has revealed its first images.

Here's what to know about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and how to watch live as the first images it captured are released to the public. What is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory?