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Aerial photos of SLAC
Most people like to keep their hobbies and work separate. But not Steve Williams. The Director's Liaison for the construction of SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), Williams spends his Saturdays taking aerial photos of SLAC using his model airplane and an eight-megapixel Nikon Coolpix camera.
"It's been quite useful. I can't tell you how many times I've taken these aerial photos along to a meeting to use as a reference," Williams says.
In addition to mosaics of the entire SLAC site (right), Williams has taken SLAC's most recent aerial photos of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Labor-atory (SSRL) and hopes to soon create a collage of SLAC's linear accelerator using his newest toys: an automatic leveler and a gyroscope. These will allow him to set his plane on "cruise control" as it flies along the two-mile-long accelerator.
Kelen Tuttle
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