Catching Lightning
Catching lightning from two tesla coils
At the lab we have 3 tesla coils owned by different members. We decided to put them all in one room. Chaos SCIENCE ensued! This is a picture of me catching lightning with a grounded sword. In simple terms: there’s a wire attached to the sword, which is attached to ground. The tesla coil electricity travels through the wire, and not me.
Hopefully, more on tesla coil stuffs later.
This is so awesome, it hurts.
Although, it’s unfortunate how low res the photo is.
Agreed about the resolution. Hopefully we’ll get David Lindes (the unofficial lab photographer) in to do some hi-res shots. He does great high voltage photos. For example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindes/1466873594/in/set-72157602223489727/