An underwater camera mounted in the SNO+ (Sudbury Neutrino Observatory) neutrino detector captures a snapshot image when the 12-metre diameter acrylic sphere is 85% full. Viewed from below, ropes are seen crisscrossing the top of the sphere extending down (foreground), and each of the shiny cells that are visible is a 20-cm diameter super-sensitive light detector. The water-air interface inside and outside the acrylic spherical tank creates visual distortions as light refracts at the optical boundary. Once full, the upgraded detector turns on in Fall 2016, ten years after the original SNO detector completed its Nobel-prize winning studies.
Submission Year:
2016-17
Photographer's affiliation:
Faculty
Academic areas:
Arts and Science
Photo:
![Window on a Window to the Universe Window on a Window to the Universe](https://www.queensu.ca/research/sites/all/modules/contrib/lazyloader/image_placeholder.gif)
Categories:
Faculty / Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy
Fundamental Principles of Nature: from Discovery to Application and Innovation
Understanding the Universe, the Planet and our Place
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLAB)
Location of photograph:
SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario
Prize name:
Photographer's name:
Mark Chen
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department:
Faculty, Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy