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A different look at the LHC

Discover an extraordinary photoessay about the Large Hadron Collider and the human effort at CERN. Don't miss these stunning visuals!

Written byPhil Plait

2008-07-12T21:38:35 | 1 min read

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Terry Johnson is a science teacher in Arkansas, and he tipped me off to this extraordinary photoessay about the Large Hadron Collider and CERN, written by his friend Jeremy Lusk. The pictures are of a piece of art celebrating CERN and the human effort... but I won't spoil it. Go see.

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