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	This is what it looks like after entering the visitors' center.
There is an auditorium. The tour begins at 3 pm.
Some previous-generation mirrors are on display in the visitors' center.	This thing from the 1960s didn't work - the Weber Bar is on display at the LIGO Visitor's Center.
	The 1.2m diameter vacuum tunnels are centered in a 4 km long concrete tunnel -  this shows a demo section of it.
	￩ Demo section -  The vacuum tunnel needs thermal expansion / contraction joints as a first defense.      ￬ There are explanations posted on the grounds.             (Enlarge)
There are two legs at right  angle to each other, each stretching for 4 kilometers. Each has a mirror at its end.	(Wikipedia link.)
The front-and-center screens and consoles of the control center.
To-do list (above) and only-god-knows-what else (right).
Link -    LIGO Official Site at Hanford WA
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