Elizabeth Donley with NIST Atomic Gyroscope (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Elizabeth Donley with NIST Atomic Gyroscope

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NIST physicist Elizabeth Donley holds a card used to trace the paths of laser beams in the atomic gyroscope. The atoms are in a small glass container inside the magnetic shield box with the pink tape on it.

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