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SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY'S Z ACCELERATOR, A PULSED POWER FACILITY IN OPERATION.

A TIME-EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPH OF ELECTRICAL FLASH-OVER ARCS PRODUCED OVER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN THE ACCELERATOR TANK AS A BYPRODUCTS OF Z OPERATION. THESE FLASH-OVERS ARE MUCH LIKE STROKES OF LIGHTNING. THE Z PULSED POWER ACCELERATOR AT SANDIA, WHICH BEGAN OPERATING IN SEPTEMBER, 1996, IS THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL AND EFFICIENT LABORATORY X-RAY SOURCE. IT IS A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE PBFA II ACCELERATOR WHICH WAS USED UNTIL 1996 FOR LIGHT ION FUSION RESEARCH.

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Author U.S. Department of Energy from United States

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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by U.S. Department of Energy at https://flickr.com/photos/37916456@N02/10190811655. It was reviewed on 22 November 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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