The flight across the huge width of Russia was difficult.

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The laser moves back and forth across the width of the slide at 10 meters per second, scanning all 15 million cells in less than a minute.

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With a different hole design, crystal fibres can do the opposite trick as well, spreading the light much more evenly across the width of the fibre and thereby reducing non-linear effects.

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Then head across the width of Scotland to the Ayrshire coast, where you can revel in the wonders of quirky Prestwick, perhaps the most architecturally unique of all great courses - and the birthplace of the British Open.

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