This interactive technical cutaway illustrates the internal anatomy of a giant precision optical interferometer. Explore perpendicular vacuum tubes, a central beam splitter, suspended end mirrors, optical injection and readout benches, pumping assemblies, alignment instruments and access platforms. The on-page phase, power, path-difference and time-delay equations are simplified textbook relationships, not predictions of any operational observatory. The geometric model is a scaled, engineering-inspired reconstruction.
For further detail, read the accompanying original long-form educational article supplied in article.md. Select an individual part, remove the outer shell, separate the structure into an exploded view, or follow installation order in the guided builder.