I know we are all focussing on the LHC at the moment, but take a moment to marvel at the Large Helical Device. Built to “conduct fusion-plasma confinement research in a steady-state machine and to elucidate important research issues in physics and engineering for helical plasma reactors.” Source.

Link to a really large image of it.

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