Re: Beading caught on film.

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Original poster: "Gerald  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry,

I think it is a picture just before you burned your house down :-)) 
Seriously, when I draw a power arc to a grounded object,  there always 
seems to be a segment of the arc near the grounded object that is twice as 
bright as the rest of the arc.  Any ideas on what that might be and could 
this be the same phenominum???    What are beads (in the airplane 
picture)???  I havent heard this term before.

Gerry

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I may have seen one little bead shown here:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/bead.JPG
>
> It is at the very end of the streamer.  I thought it might just be some 
> tiny flying bug that bought the big one, or a flake of dust burning up.
>
> It was a pretty hot arc that the camera sort of missed.  But the little 
> bright spot sure seems odd.  I pulled the high res original and this is 
> what it looks like as close as the pixels allow:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/bead-01.JPG
>
> But I don't seem to see them much with the eye.  I wonder if it is some 
> long time frame effect???
>
> Don't know what it is...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry