Re: Re:High speed Tesla spark photographs - odd sighting

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

Hi Terry,

I can see some wisping in the first image up from the main arc in the 
same area as the one with the ion cloud.  Wonder if something got 
incinerated. Maybe you finally got that black widow that bit you last year.

Gerry R.


> Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> One of my high speed pictures caught something unusual.  It was just 
> a normal power arc:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~piranha/PIRANHA/pictures/P920-01.jpg
>
> But when I pumped up the brightness and contrast to see the lead up 
> pulses, I see there is like a "cloud" of ions or something after the 
> strike (time is increasing upward).  1MB picture since I did not 
> want to loose detail.
>
> http://drsstc.com/~piranha/PIRANHA/pictures/P920-02.jpg
>
> There is a little air streamer super imposed on the lower image 
> while the shutter was open.  Note the cloud that almost looks like 
> smoke from the main strike.  They are fairly bright and fuzzy so I 
> assume some type of ionized cloud or something.
>
> A similar strike does not show the effect:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~piranha/PIRANHA/pictures/P920-03.jpg
>
> A blank frame seems like the situation is clear of abnormalities:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~piranha/PIRANHA/pictures/P920-04.jpg
>
> So I think the cloud or whatever was real.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry