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What it looks like when you shock flowers with 80,000 volts
23 Mar 2013 15:44 #1
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
I want this for a print to hang in my home! 
This is what it looks like when you shock flowers with 80,000 volts. Photographer Robert Bulteman places the flowers on sheet metal floating in liquid silicone and hits the metal with an electric pulse. This causes electrons to jump through the silicone and the flowers, causing the gas surrounding the flowers to be ionised, leaving behind an otherworldly glow. Bulteman then hand-paints this for the final result. Read more: http://bit.ly/N1gzGB
From the Science Alert facebook page
This is what it looks like when you shock flowers with 80,000 volts. Photographer Robert Bulteman places the flowers on sheet metal floating in liquid silicone and hits the metal with an electric pulse. This causes electrons to jump through the silicone and the flowers, causing the gas surrounding the flowers to be ionised, leaving behind an otherworldly glow. Bulteman then hand-paints this for the final result. Read more: http://bit.ly/N1gzGB
From the Science Alert facebook page
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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