Re: Differences between "bad" streamers and "good" streamers

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Original poster: "S Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Someone took a picture of my coil with flash. You can barely make out the
streamers. The wierd part is that there was a solid white background in the
photo, and in two of the photos it looks like there is a shadow of the
streamers on the wall. That's impossible! Isn't it????? How can something
that is light + invisable energy block light?

Sue

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Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: Differences between "bad" streamers and "good" streamers


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
 >
 > In a message dated 4/9/03 4:26:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >
 > > >You must realize that spark gap tesla coil streamers are NOT bright,
 > > >I don't care how big and/or powerful your coil is. They are invisible
 > > >with normal sunlight, hard to see in normal tungsten lighting, and
 > > >only highly visible in the dark.
 >
 >
 > It is interesting also to consider that many of the sensitive video
cameras
 > and digital cameras, as well as time exposures using normal film,
 > often make the sparks in photos appear thicker and/or brighter than
 > they appear directly to the human eye.
 >
 > John
 >
 >