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View in the CEA Cesta site (Centre d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d'Aquitaine) during the visit of the laser megajoule by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Le Barp, near Bordeaux, France on October
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Laser Megajoule Construction Photograph by Patrick Landmann/science Photo Library - Fine Art America
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