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JILA's experimental atomic clock based on strontium atoms held in a lattice of laser light is the world's most precise and stable atomic clock. The image is a composite of many photos taken with long exposure times and other techniques to make the lasers more visible.

See also www.nist.gov/pml/div689/20140122_strontium.cfm

Credit: Ye group and Baxley/JILA

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Author National Institute of Standards and Technology

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government, specifically an employee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Institute of Standards and Technology at https://flickr.com/photos/63059536@N06/12196092854. It was reviewed on 7 September 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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