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rahul.kumar@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:53, Friday 08 May 2026 (90180)
Dead fly taken out of HAM2 chamber

Keita, Elenna, Rahul

Yesterday, when we opened the curtain in HAM2 chamber (for ISS PD installation work), we found a dead fly in the chamber (not sure how long it was dead inside but the body felt very fragile, but fortunately it didn't break apart while it was taken out of the chamber) - please see two pictures attached.

The fly did not wear any laser goggles, nor it had any clean garbs on, but most probably it endured UHV and IR laser during its stay inside the chamber

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