Have You Seen the Photos of LHC? Absolutely Mind-Blowing!

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The forum discussion highlights the awe-inspiring photos of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), emphasizing their incredible visual impact. Participants express admiration for the scale and complexity of the LHC, with one user humorously noting the necessity of having a standard-sized physicist in photos for scale reference. A link to the photos is shared, showcasing the impressive engineering and scientific achievement represented by the LHC.

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Photos of LHC - fantastic!

i don't know if someone has already posted a link to these photos, but if you haven't seen them, check them out - totally incredible. man, i wish i worked there...
http://www.boston.com/... .../2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html
 
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Amazing. You really don't want to be the guy that dropped a screwdriver in that lot!

We used to joke that they should breed a standard 2m tall physicist, since the only purpose of particle physics grad students was to stand in the photos to give the detectors scale.
 

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