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Tesla coil: dangerous beauty
I bring you beauty and danger folks. Don't try this at home. This man is brave and scary at the same time.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict...lightning.html
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Lightning in The Backyard
This would be a great neighbor. Tesla Coil
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That guy made something dangerous very artistic!
Last time I heard of Tesla Coils was back in my Star Craft days. 
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Who ever photoshopped that did a terrible job.
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04-28-2009, 12:24 PM
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You reckon they were Photoshopped? (I'd take your word if you said so dude!)
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You reckon they were Photoshopped? (I'd take your word if you said so dude!)
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Yes. 
Wait...
they?
I only saw one.
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04-28-2009, 12:36 PM
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OK, are we talking about Homebiz's picture or those in the article?
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OK, are we talking about Homebiz's picture or those in the article? |
"those" in the article? I only saw one pic (The Modern Thinker) and no article. Something weird is going on here. hmm..
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04-28-2009, 12:43 PM
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That guy made something dangerous very artistic!
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Star Craft? I guess you're talking about Red Alert/Yuri's Revenge. 
SITA: Lightning fascinates and scares me at the same time. I can still remember the time when I was still a kid, playing under my Aunt's Christmas tree... and getting electrocuted.  
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I just noticed a "see how it was made" link that I didn't click, this may be where the confusion lies.
The Modern Thinker is definitely photoshopped. High voltage doesn't behave like that.
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I'm afraid I'd have to see it to believe it.
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04-28-2009, 12:57 PM
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Or at least try it myself.
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"those" in the article? I only saw one pic (The Modern Thinker) and no article. Something weird is going on here. hmm..
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Sorry Atom, my mistake, it isn't really an article as such. The link leads to a series of pictures, navigation is via the previous and next options on the right of the pictures. A few of the pictures have a one sentence description as a caption underneath the pictures.
The Telegraph is a newspaper over in the UK, so I mistakenly used the word 'article' to refer to the collection of pictures. There are twelve pictures in all to see.
The guy seems to be using a kind of time-lapse photography in combination with various contraptions link to a tesla coil to produce the images. But you are probably in a better position to judge this one. Faked? I don't know. 
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Star Craft? I guess you're talking about Red Alert/Yuri's Revenge.
SITA: Lightning fascinates and scares me at the same time. I can still remember the time when I was still a kid, playing under my Aunt's Christmas tree... and getting electrocuted. |
What were you doing under the tree? Not peeking into the presents I hope!
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Sorry Atom, my mistake, it isn't really an article as such. The link leads to a series of pictures, navigation is via the previous and next options on the right of the pictures. A few of the pictures have a one sentence description as a caption underneath the pictures.
The Telegraph is a newspaper over in the UK, so I mistakenly used the word 'article' to refer to the collection of pictures. There are twelve pictures in all to see.
The guy seems to be using a kind of time-lapse photography in combination with various contraptions link to a tesla coil to produce the images. But you are probably in a better position to judge this one. Faked? I don't know. |
Well, it's just that I've never seen HV act uniformly like that before. I think you may be onto something with the photography factor. I didn't read the captions, BTW. I probably should.
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Or at least try it myself.
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That would be interesting.
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Unbelievable but to see is to believe... still, this remains as a farce to me.
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Nice find SITA. Looks interesting.
Check out this link guys >> http://tesladownunder.com/ModernThinker.htm
It is the link from that telegraph article.
It was an improvised man-made tesla coil using a various objects such as foils, sparklers, aluminum straps, etc. to produce that kind of effect.
I don't really think it is fake but it was an improvised lightning. 
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What were you doing under the tree? Not peeking into the presents I hope! |
Of course...... I am. lol haha
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