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

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Yes, good observation.  That is indeed what is causing those shadows.

The Captain

 > Interesting observation!  I would have concluded that you're seeing
things,
 > but I also noted a related observation by Cap'n Dan about ten posts ago:
 >  >You could see a sort of "heated air" effect around the
 >  >discharge point which I'm not sure if it was caused by heat, or if i was
 >  >looking through the actual streamer, but that was it.
 >
 > I've seen this as well.  The air about the discharge is heated and has a
 > significantly different refractive index.  I never thought about it
before,
 > but this would result in what appear to be shadows!
 >
 > Regards, Gary
 >
 >
 >
 > 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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