Gallery: Scientists Are Trying to Make Nuclear Fusion With Frickin' Lasers

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    A service module raises technicians towards the target positioner.
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    Instruments can be viewed from within the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility.
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    An image of a National Ignition Facility "Big Foot" deuterium-tritium implosion on February 7, 2016.
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    An employee inspects a target chamber at the National Ignition Facility.
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    A view from the bottom of the chamber's interior.
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    Lasers used by the international inertial confinement fusion community for experimentation and testing target designs and diagnostics.
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    An Image of the target chamber being lifted and moved to the Target Bay, in June 1999.
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    The chamber was then lowered into the Target Bay.
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    The exterior of the National Ignition Facility.
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