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Powerful "skytracer" floodlights light up the 27-kilometre ring of the Large Hadron Collider of the CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, late Wednesday, September 29, 2004, in Geneva, Switzerland (picture is taken from the flanks of the Jura mountains in the village of Crozet, France, with the city of Geneva in the background). To mark the 50th anniversary of CERN 's, creation, local Swiss and French authorities have clubbed together to offer the Organization a spectacular illumination of the ring of the Large Hadron Collider with 24 powerful "skytracer" floodlights to light up the night sky of the Geneva region. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)