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Cherenkov radiation, caused by beta particles moving through water faster than the speed of light, creates this blue glow in the core of the Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test Reactor. Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory on Flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.

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A blue glow suffuses a water-filled chamber containing pipes and other apparatus.
Caption:
Cherenkov radiation, caused by beta particles moving through water faster than the speed of light, creates this blue glow in the core of the Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test Reactor. (Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory on Flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.)
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Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory on Flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.
A blue glow suffuses a water-filled chamber containing pipes and other apparatus.

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