[TCML] Little white balls within streamers

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

This is a well known fact with streamers, but I'm not sure how well 
known the reason is. Streamer now and then show little white balls of 
light within the streamers. With one photo of my SISG, I all of a sudden 
realized the spark is spiraling around itself and continuing on. That 
bit of spiral delay puts more light to the camera lens and it appears as 
a bright spot. Most of the time, it's just little balls of light, but I 
think this particular photo shows the spiral during a capture of some 
banjo effects. You can see the streamer spiraling around itself and how 
the brightness increases at those points. I think in tight streamers 
this occurs also, but more difficult to detail without something like 
this banjo effect capture.

http://www.classictesla.com/photos/sisg/sisg-spark005.jpg

Just seemed interesting.

Take care,
Bart
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