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Ah, the Tesla coil, nature's own party trick and a physicist's hair-raising best friend! It's like a magic orb that turns anyone into a wizard—zap a neon bulb, and voilà, instant light show. Just remember, while it's all fun and games making your hair stand on end, safety first! No jewelry, dry hands, and if you've got a pacemaker, admire the electric ballet from a safe distance.😮 And for the love of science, don't forget to step off that chair before someone flips the switch, or you'll be the brightest bulb in the room—literally!
Plasma resembles a gas more than any other state of matter, but it behaves very differently from a gas. This is because the free electrons are not in constant physical contact with one another due to a lack of affinity towards each other. This means that plasma can flow like a liquid or a fluid, comprised of specific areas that are like groups of atoms sticking together. This property of plasma differentiates it from all other gases.
In other words, the exact definition of fire is still a bit of a mystery. Science cannot precisely describe the true nature of fire, but to clear up the doubts of inquisitive minds, fire is most similar to plasma! -- Courtesy Science ABC
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Clever title for another mirrored plasma ball shot. I initially had changed the Hue but reset it. other than mirroring, boosting saturation and removing a bit of reflection off the ball the shot was mostly unadulterated.
camera: Gunnar Heilmann
light: me
one single photographic frame - no edit
Laowa 12/2,8 - f11
Fenix FD65R - Fenix PD36R - Light Painting Paradise adapter & color filter
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Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot, printed straight out of camera.
If you’d like to read more details about how the shot is made see below. And for more of my kinetic photographs here’s my set, "Drawing with Light"
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Kinetic: Relating to, caused by, or producing motion.
These are called “Kinetic” photographs because there is motion, energy, and movement involved, specifically my and the camera’s movements.
I choose a light source and/or subject, set my camera for a long exposure (typically around 4 seconds), focus on my subject and push the shutter button. When the shutter opens I move the camera around with my hands...large, sweeping, dramatic movements. And then I will literally throw the camera several feet up into the air, most times imparting a spinning or whirling motion to it as I hurl it upward. I may throw the camera several times and also utilize hand-held motion several times in one photo. None of these are Photoshopped, layered, or a composite photo...what you see occurs in one shot, one take.
Aren’t I afraid that I will drop and break my camera? For regular followers of my photostream and this series you will know that I have already done so. This little camera has been dropped many times, and broken once when dropped on concrete outside. It still functions...not so well for regular photographs, but superbly for more kinetic work.
The chunk of wood top center started out this trip as a 14-inch diameter, 7-inch thick disk cut from the trunk of a Live Oak from my back yard. It is perhaps the hardest organic material I have ever attempted to burn and only toward the end of the second night did a donut hole develop in the center, allowing flames to shoot through. Papalote Rancho Viejo campsite in Big Bend Ranch State Park near Presidio, Texas.
I don't know about all of you, but sometimes I have the hardest time finding people willing to pose for a photo. Sometimes my only choice is to turn on myself.
View on black -- Explore #11
Une lampe plasma au musée de la science d'Amsterdam. Je ne sais pas d'où sort ce bokeh avec toutes ces lignes mais je l'aime bien !
A plasma lamp seen in Amsterdam science museum. I don't know what produced this "lines bokeh" but i like it !
Slizer Designation - Scorch
Throwbot Designation - Plasma
Biome - Magma Caverns
Equipment List - Plasma Cannon
Heat Dissipation Shields
All Terrain Treads
Standard Energy Disk Arm
Mobile Slizer/Throwbot Platform designed for high temperature environments with rough terrain.
Happy Throwvember... again I guess? Also inspired by MSEP's really cool Slizer revamps. Really wanted to use the torso from my Trinuma again, along with wanting to build something not so humanoid, hence the treads. Had a ton of fun with the colors on this one, felt like they really popped well. Plan was to give it a blank orange throwing disk, but figured I'll post it now before the month ends.
The great North American total eclipse. In this shot, the sun's corona is visible with huge plasma erupting on its surface, this is many times larger than planet Earth and is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.
This was taken with the camera turned 60 degrees anti-clockwise to highlight the largest plasma visible, just a few seconds after 100% totality and just before Baily's beads.
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Measure twice, cut once. Cutting a piece of steel to fit a repair on an old railcar.
At the Niles Canyon Railway maintenance yard near Sunol, California.
Plasma ball - my abstract version.
Real shot is here: www.flickr.com/photos/iza_edi/1392925121/in/set-721576000...
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From Wikipedia:
Plasma cutting is a process that is used to cut steel and other metals (or sometimes other materials) using a plasma torch. In this process, an inert gas (in some units, compressed air) is blown at high speed out of a nozzle; at the same time an electrical arc is formed through that gas from the nozzle to the surface being cut, turning some of that gas to plasma. The plasma is sufficiently hot to melt the metal being cut and moves sufficiently fast to blow molten metal away from the cut. Plasma can also be used for plasma arc welding and other applications.
I wanted to let everyone see the bevel on the edge of the pipe that the craftsman was making using the Plasma Cutter.
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200