Caption CERN Contest Week 12

Week 12: 4/22/2015 - 9pm PDT 4/29/2015

One of the best parts of running the Caption CERN Contest is checking out the new images on CERN's servers each week. Every week I find new images to zoom in on. I trace wires, look at equipment ID cards, and generally try to figure out what exactly is going on.

This image is no exception. At first glance, one would think the CERN photographer was trying out some multiple exposure techniques. Zooming in on the high res JPG available at the original CERN page shows that the strange phenomenon in the center of the image are actually layers of fine wire strung between the two sides of the curve. Between that and the 80's clean room outfits, this must have been a very important piece of scientific equipment!

Add your humorous caption as a comment to this project log. Make sure you're commenting on this contest log, not on the contest itself.

As always, if you actually have information about the image or the people in it, let CERN know on the original image discussion page.

Good Luck!

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Fred C wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:22

"Ooh, it's so beautiful, is this a harp?"
"Close, it is for HAARP"

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thjubeck wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:12

Sally look its so shiny!

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isny wrote 04/24/2015 at 00:14

...and if you whisper here, the scientist on the other side of the room can hear you.

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Rollyn01 wrote 04/24/2015 at 00:09

The ladies are shown here working on an elaborate version of the saran-wrap trick to one-up the guys during the Annual Prank Wars at CERN.

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EncoreTech wrote 04/23/2015 at 23:49

The cheese-o-tron 2000: The now declassified automatic fully automated cheese-curd maker that made Wisconsin famous; seen here nearing completion.

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Andre Esteves wrote 04/23/2015 at 23:26

Charpak was so enthusiastic about his idea of a multiwire proportional chamber that he convinced an entire crew of Pan Am hostesses of his CERN flight into helping him string the first prototype!

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Andre Esteves wrote 04/23/2015 at 23:20

First CERN attempts at building the World-Wide Web involved elaborate stringed models in an effort to guarantee correct addressing...

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Rob wrote 04/23/2015 at 23:07

Carol never wore her safety goggles, but they wouldnt have saved her arm from the light saber experiment anyways.

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DainBramage wrote 04/23/2015 at 16:26

The world's first curved-screen HDTV was a flop due to the use of strings to hold the curvature of the screen.

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starbounce2001 wrote 04/23/2015 at 14:39

The world's most expensive (and largest) autoharp!

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starbounce2001 wrote 04/23/2015 at 14:38

Early CERN research for OSCORP on Super Spider Thread!

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THX1082 wrote 04/23/2015 at 13:54

CERN's early attempts at developing "String Theory". They're doing it wrong.

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