Images Dated 29th July 2004

End of magnet for Large Hadron Collider

Magnet for the Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the new accelerator for CERN, the European particle physics laboratory at Geneva. This is an end-on view of one of the cylindrical bending magnets. A test cable is seen inserted into one of the twin beam pipes down which bunches of protons or heavy ions will be accelerated in opposite directions at very close to the speed of light. The beam pipes are encased in a cryostat jacket which will be cooled to 1. 8 degrees Kelvin using liquid helium. This allows superconducting wire to be used, making possible the very strong magnetic fields needed to bend the proton beams around the LHC's 27-km circumference

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Menyaru (L), a young Samatran Orang-utan celebrates his first birthday with a kiss for his mother Maimunah (R) but was unable to enjoy the traditional birthday due to an upset stomach, at the Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne 29 July 2004. The Orang-utan population is under severe population in the wild and some experts predict they could become extinct in the wild in the near future. AFP PHOTO/William WEST / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

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Australia - Mound springs bringing to surface hot, heavily mineralised artesian water. water habitat for rare endemic wildlife
Witjira National Park Dalhousie Springs, South Australia.
Jean Paul Ferrero

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