View of laser beam (after passing through the objective lens). At this diameter, the laser light is very bright.

This photo shows the output end of the laser, the yellow (578.2nm) line is currently selected.

Similar photo as above with the green (510.6nm) line selected

A shot of the whole laser system.

View of the laser outputting a solid uncollimated beam directly out of the laser tube.

This photo taken without a flash, and without the aid of fog. The beam is incredibly bright, and at 18mm diameter has burnt a hole through cardboard at 2 meters from the aperture in around 2 min.

A view of the laser spot at 2 meters from the output end of the laser. The yellow line has been selected in this photo. The laser spot is extremely bright, and painful to look at.