The electric towers at Fermilab are all made in the shape of the pi symbol.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
In seven-plus years of shooting photos at Fermilab, I've learned some things: There's lots of science stuff there.
The science people, or scientists as they like to be called, have their own language with lots of long, complicated science-y words. I've come to learn that neutrinos are in no way related to Cheerios and that the Tevatron is not an arcade game that I once had the high score on at the Charlestowne Mall.
That said, there's one thing about FermiLand that I can understand: It's pretty. And shiny. Well, I guess that's two things.
Founding director Robert Wilson designed these facilities to be a blend of science and art. And while I can't claim to understand either, I can appreciate bright colors and shapes as much as the next 2-year-old. So I took these pictures.
Wilson Hall is probably the most well-known landmark at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The shapes and colors of Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The shapes and colors of Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The reddish orange walls of the CDF building provide a stark contrast to a leafless tree before spring had sprung earlier this year at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The shapes and colors of Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The Tractricious sculpture, designed by Fermilab founding director Robert Wilson, sits in front of the Industrial Complex at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.
Rick West | Staff Photographer