Catch a Cosmic Ray

Cutaway 3D render of a tall black cabinet housing a glass cloud chamber above cooling electronics.
Workbench prototype: a glass chamber, a copper-finned CPU cooler, and an acrylic plate on wooden legs.
A CNC router milling an arrow shape into a beige HDPE sheet amid scattered black plastic chips.
A black acrylic enclosure under construction holding a blue-lit metal tray, taped on a workbench.
Dark particle-tracking software screen with control menus for thresholds and capture over a noisy black field.
Close-up inside the lit cloud chamber: a red-lit base plate under a faint mist of condensation.
Inside the cloud chamber glowing pink and purple, with wispy vapor trails left by passing particles.