Frickin' Laser Beams!
These are real (i.e. not p'shopped) pictures of lasers operating at the Starfire Optical Range, part of Kirtland Airforce Base in New Mexico. These images are from the eyeball series site of Cryptome. (This makes me want a Wicked Lasers green laser even more!) The use of the lasers here is supposedly for astronomical research and, according to Federal budget records, laser weapons, possibly for use against enemy satellites. Star Wars is happening in the desert. New Mexico = New Tatooine?
