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What are these facilities? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Crul@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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I tried a few reverse image searches (below) with no luck. Closest thing I found is Cockcroft–Walton generator

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Thanks!

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[–] panja@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Isn't that the big open room from Forbidden Planet? :)

EDIT: Pretty close actually 😂

[–] Unimeron@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

That's exactly what I've been thinking of. 😅 Great movie, one of my favorites. Maybe they drew some inspiration from the real science guys?