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Ames Research Center is home to the world's largest wind tunnel

This 1945 photo shows the world¡s largest wind tunnel, located at the NACA¡s Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. As tall as a 10-story building, this towering bank of vanes turns the air smoothly around one of the four corners of the world¡s largest wind tunnel.

Credits - NASA