eLearning Collaborative

As Leighann has shown in her blog the pictures begin to give you  a taste of how beautiful it is here.  Surrounded by mountains capped with snow, friendly people, clean air, and immaculate vistas of the valley we're in love with this place already....That's what's on the surface...more on that later.  We took an elevator ride 100 meters (approx. 300 feet) into the ground, walked through concrete tunnels (as Leighann said, it makes her think of "Angels and Demons,"), and up and down the steel scaffolding that surrounds the one of the most significant detectors on site here at the LHC:  The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS).  Now as I recall from last summer  while listening to a member of the science team for CMS, this detector (more on that later) is the smallest, cheapest thing they could build and still do the job.  Small is a relative term...I'll bet my paycheck you've never seen a machine this big!!!

 CMS-Crew

Meghan-CMS: Meghan hanging out with CMS...She's blurry because she is shaking with awe...

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