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Caption CERN Contest Week 12

A contest log for Caption CERN Contest

Caption CERN, win a prize!

adam-fabioAdam Fabio 04/23/2015 at 04:5752 Comments

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!

Discussions

Vau To wrote 04/24/2015 at 13:42 point

Now you too can get that astronaut exosphere tan you've been dreaming of!

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scott galvin wrote 04/24/2015 at 12:33 point

and in other news... this was the scene just before CERN updated their  lost time injury poster.

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scott galvin wrote 04/24/2015 at 12:27 point

Bones was right this thing will scatter your molecules across space.

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Nathaniel Poate wrote 04/24/2015 at 12:26 point

On a recent trip to ASDA, Molly decieded to get herself 3D scanned.

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Shrad wrote 04/24/2015 at 11:05 point

Sadly, Miranda isn't there anymore to testify of the practicality of the nail UV curing machine designed by her friends...

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Pete OConnell wrote 04/24/2015 at 10:38 point

Now Sandra - if you can just hold this long weight here and I'll be back soon.

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cdilla wrote 04/24/2015 at 09:01 point

"Dot and Fay amuse themselves by using the labs Mesmatron to make their co-worker perform `I'm a little teapot`"

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sean.mcbeth wrote 04/24/2015 at 08:04 point

"Everyone had lost a lot of enthusiasm for the project after reading the Hackaday comments calling their work, 'cheap, unoriginal, could have been done with a mechanical relay.'"

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Paul Fl wrote 04/24/2015 at 07:55 point

Magic Mirror, on the wall, who, now, is the fairest one of all?

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demonskull1 wrote 04/24/2015 at 07:17 point

... And he said something about an avalanche at the end of the town... Haven't got a clue what he meant with that, but I hope he asks me for dinner...

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Rhinorulz wrote 04/24/2015 at 03:50 point

lets see... This wire two micron to the left and that one two two the right, and there we go, there is the BBC telecast.

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jerry.wayne wrote 04/24/2015 at 03:27 point

Okay, get ready. You'll be tan in 3...2...1...

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RoboMonkey wrote 04/24/2015 at 03:22 point

"Preparing for the next CERN fashion show is a 365 day job," remarked Tanya.  "It takes us that long to make sure the gluons can remember their dance numbers."

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joshua_coppersmith wrote 04/24/2015 at 03:08 point

Thankfully what we got back here didn't live long, Captain.

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MechaTweak wrote 04/24/2015 at 02:22 point

The CERN lunch ladies adding the finishing touches to their 13 TeV deli meat slicer.

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Edwin Zhang wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:59 point

CERN's Industrial Solar Cooker

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Jehu wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:49 point

Mary really didn't care about the dangers of tanning but was delighted to be the first to test CERNs new solarium.

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bryguy1231 wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:46 point

Using the mis-appropriated Solunobtanium wires, Lucy's 10-sec Tanning Wall was about to ensure her former classmates weren't going to taunt her again as "The Pale Nerd".

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dan wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:40 point

Between shifts, the CERN cafeteria ladies prepared to heat the meatloaf.

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XLT_Frank wrote 04/24/2015 at 01:34 point

"Studying the weaves for making a gateway"

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