LIGO Hanford Observatory

5/10 9:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

5/10 10:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

5/10 11:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

5/10 12:30 pm LIGO Hanford Tour

<div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(245, 245, 245);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width:680px;margin:0px auto;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:600">Tour Information:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5">Tours include a walking tour of the site, time inside the new LIGO Exploration Center (LExC), and a talk by a staff member. Tours typically last 1.5 hours. Multiple tour times are available for your convenience, please choose the time slot that works best for you when reserving your ticket.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong>Future Tours:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5">LIGO does Second Saturday Public Tours on the second Saturday of every month, except December and January. Tickets are reserved online via our website here: <a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours</a> Tickets open the Monday following the second Saturday tour for the next month. .</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:600">What will I see?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5">During your visit you will have a chance to explore many interactive and static exhibits now housed in LHO's new LIGO Exploration Center (LExC). All of the artifacts that used to be in the lobby of LHO's small reception building are now housed in LExC, including the historic Weber Bar (one of the earliest devices designed to detect gravitational waves) and a full-scale engineering model of one of initial LIGO's suspension tables, showcasing not only the evolution of LIGO, but gravitational-wave detection as a whole. You will also visit the one point on the site where you can see both of the interferometer's 4km-long arms reaching into the Eastern Washington shrub-steppe. A highlight for many guests is the interferometer's control room, where you will learn even more about LIGO directly from the people who maintain and operate the world's most sensitive measuring device. In addition to the tour, a fun and hands-on STEM challenge will be available in the LExC exhibit hall. Questions enthusiastically welcome!</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1723488443/w8hmrwiwtakcqx0gcl5u.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" /></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:600">Additional things to note:</strong></p><ul><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    Visitors do not require any special badging to visit LIGO.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    Entry begins 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    The outdoor walking tour lasts about one hour. Guests should dress for the season and wear comfortable walking shoes.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    We encourage guests to bring water and sun protection.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    Photographs are welcome on site. However, we kindly request that you do not record/video staff members without their permission.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    LIGO tours are suitable for all ages. The talks are appropriate for visitors aged 12 and up, but all ages are welcome.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">    LIGO’s facilities are wheelchair accessible, though you will encounter two slopes during the site tour itself.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:rgb(8, 31, 55);text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;font-weight:700" target="_blank">For additional information, please check our website. </a> </p></div></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:14px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(245, 245, 245);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width:680px;margin:0px auto;padding:15px 25px 30px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width:680px;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;line-height:1.5"><h3>LIGO Hanford Observatory</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/events/ligo-hanford" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:rgb(12, 74, 131);text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;user-select:auto" target="_blank"><span fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">More events by</span> LIGO Hanford Observatory</a></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:rgb(8, 31, 55);text-decoration:none;user-select:auto">https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA</a></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width:680px;margin:0px auto;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;flex:1 1 0%;text-align:left;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/event/191231/contact?referral_url=https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/ligo-hanford/second-saturday-public-tour-the-ligo-hanford-observatory-1139207889" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:rgb(8, 31, 55);text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;user-select:auto" target="_blank"><span fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Contact Event Organizer</span></a></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;flex:1 1 0%;text-align:center;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5">127124 N Rt. 10, Richland, WA, 99354, US</div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;flex:1 1 0%;text-align:right;line-height:1.5"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;line-height:1.5"><a href="tel:+1 509-372-8181" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration:none;user-select:auto">+1 509-372-8181</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>

<p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name</span> ,</p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"><br /></p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">Thank you for reserving your tickets for LIGO's Second Saturday Tour!</p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"><strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">Please Note:</strong></p><ul><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="background-color: rgb(247, 218, 100);" style="background-color:rgb(247, 218, 100);box-sizing:inherit">Your Tour Time is listed in the BOTTOM right blue square of your ticket. </span></li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">Entry begins 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">You must present your event ticket to be admitted, so bring it with you on the day of your tour.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">Temperatures are variable, so bringing a water bottle is encouraged.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">Under some extreme circumstances, tours may be cancelled due to weather.</li></ul><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">Thank you in advance. We look forward to seeing you!</p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"> </p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"><strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">Additional information about tours. Please read:</strong></p><ul><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">Visitors do not require any special badging to visit LIGO.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">The walking tour is just under a mile and takes about an hour. It includes indoor and outdoor locations, so guests should wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Note that there is no seating along the way. Please contact us if you think you may need assistance. We're happy to help make your visit comfortable and enjoyable!</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">The tour path meets all ADA guidelines and is wheelchair accessible.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">There are no food services on site. Feel free to bring your own food with you and enjoy the outdoor patio seating.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">Photographs are welcome, but we kindly request that you do not record/video staff members without their permission.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">LIGO tours are suitable for all ages. The talks are appropriate for visitors aged 12 and up, but all ages are welcome to attend.</li><li style="line-height:18px;box-sizing:inherit">No pets are allowed on Department of Energy land, which includes the LIGO Hanford Observatory. Exceptions are made for service animals. (What is a service animal?)</li></ul><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"><strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">Directions:</strong></p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">All tours leave from the LExC building (Exploration Center), the first building on your left when you get to the LIGO site.</p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">Driving directions can be found <a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-directions-contact" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"><br /></p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5">If you would like to cancel your tickets, please contact Maggie Jensen at <a href="mailto:Mjensen@caltech.edu" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Mjensen2@caltech.edu</a> before the day of the tour.</p><p style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);line-height:1.5"> </p>

<div><div><div><div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong>Tour Information:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5">Tours include a walking tour of the site, time inside the new LIGO Exploration Center (LExC), and a talk by a staff member. Tours typically last 1.5 hours. Multiple tour times are available for your convenience, please choose the time slot that works best for you when reserving your ticket.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong>Future Tours:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5">LIGO does Second Saturday Public Tours on the second Saturday of every month, except December and January. Tickets are reserved online via our website here: <a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours">https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours</a> Tickets open the Monday following the second Saturday tour for the next month. .</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong>What will I see?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5">During your visit you will have a chance to explore many interactive and static exhibits now housed in LHO's new LIGO Exploration Center (LExC). All of the artifacts that used to be in the lobby of LHO's small reception building are now housed in LExC, including the historic Weber Bar (one of the earliest devices designed to detect gravitational waves) and a full-scale engineering model of one of initial LIGO's suspension tables, showcasing not only the evolution of LIGO, but gravitational-wave detection as a whole. You will also visit the one point on the site where you can see both of the interferometer's 4km-long arms reaching into the Eastern Washington shrub-steppe. A highlight for many guests is the interferometer's control room, where you will learn even more about LIGO directly from the people who maintain and operate the world's most sensitive measuring device. In addition to the tour, a fun and hands-on STEM challenge will be available in the LExC exhibit hall. Questions enthusiastically welcome!</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1723488443/w8hmrwiwtakcqx0gcl5u.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><strong>Additional things to note:</strong></p><ul><li>    Visitors do not require any special badging to visit LIGO.</li><li>    Entry begins 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.</li><li>    The outdoor walking tour lasts about one hour. Guests should dress for the season and wear comfortable walking shoes.</li><li>    We encourage guests to bring water and sun protection.</li><li>    Photographs are welcome on site. However, we kindly request that you do not record/video staff members without their permission.</li><li>    LIGO tours are suitable for all ages. The talks are appropriate for visitors aged 12 and up, but all ages are welcome.</li><li>    LIGO’s facilities are wheelchair accessible, though you will encounter two slopes during the site tour itself.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5"><a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-public-tours" target="_blank">For additional information, please check our website. </a> </p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p style="font-weight:bold">LIGO Hanford Observatory</p><div><a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/events/ligo-hanford" target="_blank"><span>More events by</span> LIGO Hanford Observatory</a></div><div><a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA">https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA</a></div></div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/event/191231/contact?referral_url=https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/ligo-hanford/second-saturday-public-tour-the-ligo-hanford-observatory-1139207889" target="_blank"><span>Contact Event Organizer</span></a></div></div></div><div><div>127124 N Rt. 10, Richland, WA, 99354, US</div></div><div><div><a href="tel:+1 509-372-8181">+1 509-372-8181</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>

LIGO Hanford Observatory

May Second Saturday Public Tour @ the LIGO Hanford Observatory

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5/10 9:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

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5/10 10:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

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5/10 11:30 am LIGO Hanford Tour

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5/10 12:30 pm LIGO Hanford Tour

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