"LIGO Facility near Richland Washington USA on the Hanford Reservation"

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"LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory outside of Richland Washington USA on the Hanford Reservation. Rattlesnake Mountain is in the background. LIGO detects ripples in the space-time by measuring the time it takes laser light to travel between two suspended mirrors."

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Size: 5100px × 3457px
Location: Richland, Washington, USA
Photo credit: © Joseph Becker / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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