![Picture of a member of the staff working on GPI at NRC Herzberg (part of the National Research Council of Canada)](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_2.jpg)
Working on GPI at NRC Herzberg (part of the National Research
Council of Canada)
![Picture of the Gemini Planet Imager arriving atop Cerro Pachón.](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_3.jpg)
Eighteen hours after leaving the Santiago Chile airport, the Gemini
Planet Imager arrives atop Cerro Pachón where Gemini South staff
welcome this next-generation exoplanet imaging instrument.
![Picture of the GPI inside the dome of Gemini South telescope as it is lifted by a crane](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_4.jpg)
GPI inside the dome of Gemini South telescope as it is lifted by a
crane and moved into position for mounting on the telescope's
instrument support structure.
![Picture of Gaston Gausachs and Les Saddlemyer preparing to remove part of the lifting hardware before installing GPI on the Gemini South telescope’s Instrument Support Structure (ISS).](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_5.jpg)
Gaston Gausachs and Les Saddlemyer prepare to remove part of
the lifting hardware before installing GPI on the Gemini South
telescope’s Instrument Support Structure (ISS).
![Picture of GPI after mounting on the uplooking port of the Gemini South telescope's instrument support structure.](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_6.jpg)
GPI after mounting on the uplooking port of the Gemini South
telescope's instrument support structure.
![Photo of the members of the GPI team celebrating with a toast after a successful run of GPI integration with the Gemini South telescope.](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_8.jpg)
The GPI team celebrates with a toast after a successful run of GPI
integration with the Gemini South telescope.
![Picture of the GPI on the uplooking port of the Gemini South Telescope.](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_10.jpg)
GPI on the uplooking port of the Gemini South Telescope as it
prepares for a night of exoplanet observations.
![Photo of the member of the GPI integration team celebrating after obtaining first light images at the Gemini South telescope control room in Chile.](/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_01/Photos/gpi_9.jpg)
The GPI integration team celebrates after obtaining first light images
at the Gemini South telescope control room in Chile.