Particle detectors are huge. And make for some incredible architecture photos...

We've all seen the incredible pictures of the poster girl of the particle accelerator/collider/detector world - the Large Hadron Collider.

But there are others scattered around the world. And some of them make for more outstanding photos. This collection via io9.com. Click the pics to largify.

The science they do is pretty cool cutting-edge-of-science stuff too. But who cares when the pictures are so cool?