Posted by Ben |
9/12/2004 10:07 PM | remove |
This location is excellent. Good pictures, great descriptions, and a place full of scientific history. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
9/13/2004 5:49 PM | remove |
Thanks! Stay tuned - I was just out there, and I've got some more pics to post.
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Posted by rz350 |
12/7/2004 7:13 PM | remove |
wicked sick! its great that you got this pictures to peserve this place in some way
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Posted by yokes |
1/9/2006 1:32 AM | remove |
Wow.. what a spot. Very nice.
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Posted by OptFlv |
2/1/2006 3:06 AM | remove |
Fantastic gallery, thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
3/18/2006 6:43 PM | remove |
Excellent!
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Posted by lakata |
8/16/2006 5:39 AM | remove |
I was a grad student at Berkeley when they shut the bevalac/bevatron down. We had to dismantle one of the experiments there and we had free run over the entire place. The pictures on this web site are good, but wow the stuff that you missed.
Inside the ring is pretty trippy. Because of the circular design, it is very easy to get disoriented and not be able to find the way you came in. There used to be giant diffusion pumps, like 20' tall inside, to maintain the vacuum. Lots and lots of equipment and stuff. Also very interesting was the remains of the medical facility. A beam came out of the storage ring into an operating theatre. The operating table was still there, including the mounting device for positioning the patient's head. The patient's head would be put inside of a plastic full head mask, with just eye holes and mouth holes. It looks like a horror movie prop. There used to be some masks still in the operating room, but they were eventually taken by souvenir hunters. The main computer console for the operating room was a huge mess of cables. I wish I had some pictures, but I didn't think of it at the time...
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Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
8/25/2006 2:58 AM | remove |
Cool! I've seen the masks (they had one in bldg. 64). I hope I'll get out there sometime soon - I'll have to get a permit or something to get inside the igloo.
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Posted by littleoldlady |
5/1/2016 1:05 AM | remove |
CrazyMinerBob, I want to thank you for the absolute best gallery I have ever seen. The pictures were mesmerizing and the descriptions were incredibly informative. Thank you so much.
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Posted by littleoldlady |
5/1/2016 1:06 AM | remove |
And if you get inside the igloo, PLEASE take us with you!
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