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Tempe, Arizona

Vintage Lasers and Holograms

Over 100 lasers, including huge ones that look straight off a sci-fi set.
Tambon Na Chom Thian, Thailand

Khao Chi Chan (Buddha Mountain)

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.
Gray and Yellowfly standing beside one of the interferometer at LIGO's 2.5-mile-long arms.
native americans

Meet the Mother-Son Duo Translating Astrophysics Into Blackfoot

Corey Gray and Sharon Yellowfly want to bring gravitational wave astronomy to speakers of the language.
Sabrina Imbler April 19, 2019
Village sign detail, Witcham.
Witcham, England

World Pea Shooting Championship

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.
Three lasers from the Starfire Range converge.
Tijeras, New Mexico

Starfire Optical Range

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.
Bivoj might not be sleek, but she's powerful.
science

The World's Most Powerful 'Super Laser' Has Been Created

It's about the pulses, not the watts.
Eric Grundhauser January 26, 2017
archaeology

Iowa City Is Using Lasers To Map Its Abandoned Beer Caves

Beer and lasers.
Eric Grundhauser June 22, 2016
video

Watching a Laser Clean a Baking Tray is Surprisingly Satisfying

If only we had technology of this kind in all our kitchens.
Urvija Banerji April 11, 2016