Aerial View of the Virgo Site, Including the Two Perpendicular Arms of Its Interferometer (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Aerial View of the Virgo Site, Including the Two Perpendicular Arms of Its Interferometer

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This is an aerial view of the Virgo site showing the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the three kilometer-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm. The other buildings include offices, workshops, computer rooms and the control room of the interferometer.

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The Virgo collaboration/CCO 1.0

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