# @paoloverzone on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRPXESyDVx5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37124814-paoloverzone-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4b4c95ba34.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-19T13:38:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Paolo Verzone (@paoloverzone) — https://gondola.cc/paoloverzone

## Caption

So happy that my image of a “mini Stellarator” was selected for natgeo’s Pictures of the Year 2025.

Greifswald, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
With an eye toward solving the global energy crisis, scientists are developing powerful nuclear fusion devices called stellarators.
The mini stellarator, with its two sets of coils, generates a magnetic field that shapes and confines the plasma. This model illustrates the principle of magnetic confinement, which is also used at the Wendelstein 7-X fusion facility in Greifswald, Germany. Wendelstein 7-X has 50 non-planar and 20 planar superconducting coils to confine the plasma, the temperature of which was raised to over 20 million degrees Celsius, reaching a peak of 30 million degrees during the last operational campaign. During this campaign, Wendelstein 7-X also achieved a world record in a key parameter of fusion physics: the triple product* for long plasma durations. This image is part of the story I’m completing on Fusion for insidenatgeo , with support from theclimatepledge . I’m so happy and honored to see it included alongside so many talented photographers.
Thank you all to the insidenatgeo team for your constant support, my Grant officer davidylee and sanauphoto together with kaityarnall rstrec 
Grazie to my editor afarrar for choosing this image for this incredible Issue of natgeo, thank you to the team that is working with me to complete this story
massimonicolaci camillaferrariphoto mattia_camop ozgeseb kathryyntaylor 🌟
Thanks canonemeapro and canonitalia, together with my agency vu_photo jbhenimann for the constant support  #fusion #natgeo #stellarator #canonambassador #liveforthestory #stars #future

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fusion, stellarator, natgeo, canonambassador, future, stars, liveforthestory

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