When I put together this post showing some awesome science photos, I expected to be amazed, but not to find myself becoming extremely cheerful. However, in the middle of digging for cool research image material, I went deep into Fermilab’s Visual Media Services Photo Database and found a lot of visual treasure.
Picture: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab
Fermilab has more than 4000 stock science photos, mostly captured for journalistic illustrations — and a few of them are funny as hell. Here is a selection of their best.
Einstein learns that neutrinos faster than light
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Astronomical toilet paper
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Scientist Mandy Rominsky
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Cardboard H Higgs
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BaBar hunts for Dark Matter
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Decimal time (deci-time) clock
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Jellybean pie chart showing composition of the Universe
Picture: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab
Water wave
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Andrew Sonnenschein at the MINOS Underground Hall for data
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Cans of data on shelves for data storage
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This happens all the time
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Styrofoam cups with bite marks
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Selda Esen and a CMS Starter Kit
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Physics in TV and Film
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Physics in TV and Film
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String Theory written in string
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Universal Accord recipe
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“Dark Matter” written in Braille
Picture: Fred Ullrich/Fermilab
Foreign currencies in ziplock bags
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Jelly Bean Universe – representing the percentages of Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Normal Atomic Matter
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Bottle of wine won by Michael Witherell for solving a mathematical equation
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Ice Cream and Accelerating Cavity
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Wilson Hall night time reflection with Sloan star field image and CDF Top Quark image
Picture: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab