# Webb Mirror Coating B-roll Footage

Each of James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors is made of beryllium and coated with a very thin layer of gold to improve the mirror's ability to reflect infrared light. This b-roll footage shows the coating process.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Michael McClare

Videographer: Michael McClare

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 5 min
- By: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webb_Mirror_Coating_B-roll_Footage.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/113574698?play=1)