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60-inch cyclotron, circa 1939, showing beam of accelerated ions (perhaps protons or deuterons) escaping the accelerator and ionizing the surrounding air causing a blue glow. (contrast enhanced) This image is a work of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as such is a work of the US government and therefore in the public domain.