Images: Where particles, physics theories collide

And here we have what CERN calls an "artistic" picture of the tracking chambers of the ALICE "moun spectrometer."

In the name of such LHC-inspired artistic endeavors, we can't help but direct you to another piece of creative work, this one rap video about particle physics put together Kate McAlpine, aka alpinekat, a science writer and CERN employee. According to The New York Times, she wrote the lyrics during her 40-minute bus commute from Geneva out to the lab. "My friends took a bit of convincing before they'd dance on camera," she told the The Times. However, unlike the first rap video about the neurochip, there was no tequila involved."