This is the view when standing on top of the outer storage loop of the synchrotron. Silver and red pipes spread everywhere, and this image shows the myriad of valves at any given junction.
While many of the pipes were used for air-conditioning, some of the valves where thick with frost from periodic discharges of liquid nitrogen.
Air-conditioning within the building is very precise. Temperature must be kept within one degree of 21 degrees Celsius. The synchrotron needs to be continuously calibrated to ambient temperature.
