NIST Goes the Distance for the Olympics (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Goes the Distance for the Olympics (1 of 2)

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NIST technician Christopher Blackburn uses a microscope to precisely align a retroreflector over the center of a hash mark on a measuring tape.

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Bruce Borchardt

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