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longship

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1. Here are a couple nice pics.
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 05:29 PM
Nov 2014

In the LHC tunnel:

It's 17 miles (27 km) in circumference.

In front of the ATLAS detector (BTW, it's fucking huge):

It's 46 meters long and 25 meters in diameter.

This thread is useless without a Time magazine cover:

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Here are a couple nice pics. longship Nov 2014 #1
Awesome! ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #2
The real mercuryblues Nov 2014 #3
When you're particle physics smart ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #4
Excellent documentary about CERN, the LHC, and the hunt for the Higgs Boson here; Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #5
Great To Hear colsohlibgal Nov 2014 #6
I'm actually ecstatic. ismnotwasm Nov 2014 #7
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