IMMA FIRING MY LASAARRR!

     The NIF has fired its most powerful set of lasers creating the biggest blast ever seen before with lasers in fusion.  When fired for brief moment, it produced enough energy to power the United States about 1,000 times at any moment throughout the day.  The final energy level measured was 411 trillion watts of power!

192 lasers were used to shoot a beam of 2.03 megajoules, producing a blast of 1.875 megajoules providing the 411 trillion watts of energy.  "The power of the Sun, in the palm of our hands"  not quite but it is one step closer to finding new ways of dependable energy without affecting a large quantity of natural resources.

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http://news.discovery.com/tech/world-most-powerful-laser-120322.html