"Tornado uses a large mist generator, fans and a care fully-shaped structure to produce a large tornado. Since the Exploratorium first produced this crowd-pleasing exhibit, it has been duplicated in many museums. Our fourth generation version is intentionally de-tuned so that random air currents can cause both the creation of a tornado and its temporary cessation. This latest Tornado is chaotic and unpredictable much of the time; it wanders off the source of the mist, slips out of the grasp of the shearing winds and presents a delightful and ever-changing image".

Ref: exs.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/tornado/

|| Photo info: Taken 2019-07-13 with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 35mm, ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec at f/5.0, focal length 35 mm, ISO 100. Copyright 2019 Stephen Shankland.

Whee! String!

One of the displays at The Exploratorium will let you trigger a photo flash a set number of milliseconds after an event, with your own mug in the background. I really wish they'd add a way to email the photo to yourself. Taking a picture of the result doesn't work as well as I'd like.

The Exploratorium of Science and Technology in San Francisco

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Team Exploratorium Trip

Photographs by Amy Snyder and Esther Kutnick.

© Exploratorium 2008

trying to learn how to use the yogurt

Exploratorium 2013

2022 Trade Show

Photographs by Amy Snyder and Esther Kutnick.

© Exploratorium 2008

Photo: S. Metcalf.

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