Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)

["Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:23:53 -0400
From: Dave Pierson <davep@xxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)


>> The camera was hand-held, and apparently no attempt was made 
>> to keep it steady.  The exposure time was 1 second.  A lot of 
>> territory can be panned within that duration. 

>If you are saying the camera was aimed at the street light and
>then panned into the direction of the Tesla coil, all in one
>second, then you are talking about a different photo than what we
>are discussing here.  

>In the photo being discussed, there are light emitting streamers
>emanating from the top load of the Tesla coil.  These light
>emitting streamers do not show a wide pan from the street light
>to the Tesla coil.
     They are off an on, fast, so, likely, the motion is not captured.

>In the image being discussed, there is also a light emitting (or
>reflecting) orange haze surrounding the top load.  There are four
>or five clear vertical light rays to the left and above the top
>load.  In the orange haze there are about a dozen mostly vertical
>striations beginning near the center and developing toward the
>left of the top load. 
     Likely the reflections of the street lights off the top load.
 
     best
      dwp