Hidden beauty in a missile's nosecone

This wall-hanging made from the circuit-boards from the nose-cone of a Minuteman Missile is awfully, lethally pretty.

Because the missile was perpetually armed, Williams explained, the circuitry was immersed in liquid Freon to keep it from critically overheating. In the event the missile was launched, the coolant would be abruptly disconnected and the circuitry would have approximately 10 minutes before it burned itself up – just enough time for the missile to reach its target. Freon, it turns out, was an excellent preservative for the colorful (but now ancient) transistors, resistors and capacitors displayed here.

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(Thanks, Hugh!)