Superconducting Super Collider aka the Desertron | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura

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Written and hosted by Dylan Thuras (@dylanthuras)
Graphics by Michelle Enemark (@mjenemark)
Edited by Ryan Thompson

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For Sale: $20 Million Particle Accelerator, Never Used


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SSC_panorama.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ssc_mdl.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider#/media/File:Ssc_mdl.JPG
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/12/abandoned-remains-of-superconducting.html
Who’s afraid of the Superconducting Super Collider?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#/media/File:International_Space_Station_after_undocking_of_STS-132.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Views_of_the_LHC_tunnel_sector_3-4,_tirage_2.jpg
The Large Hadron Collider/ATLAS at CERN
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Views_of_the_LHC_tunnel_sector_3-4,_tirage_1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_Globe_of_Science_and_Innovation.jpg

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