Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, walk about 1.5 kilometers along a 6-kilometer L-shaped tunnel intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" some 200 meters below the surface of the Kamioka mining area near the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory on Oct. 26, 2014.

Citizens see tunnel for housing huge telescope

Citizens see tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, observe a tunnel below the Kamioka mining area intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" on Oct. 26, 2014.

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a 3-kilometer tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014.

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014.

World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows the tunnel boring machine (TBM), the world's largest according to the Japan Highway Public Corp., to be used in boring operations for the Hida Tunnel on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway in Gifu Prefecture.

World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows the tunnel boring machine (TBM), the world's largest according to the Japan Highway Public Corp., to be used in boring operations for the Hida Tunnel on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway in Gifu Prefecture.

Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

A tunnel in the central Japanese city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, where the KAGRA cryogenic gravitational wave telescope will be housed, is shown to local citizens in October 2014. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Director Takaaki Kajita, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, is expected to work on the detection of gravitational waves in space to confirm Albert Einstein's prediction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014. (Kyodo)