Radiant Matter by TwoPynts

Photography • Science/Medical • posted on Jan 28, 2008

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"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on." ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau

Here is my take on a photo of a plasma globe. They now have small bulbs that can inserted directly into a light socket. Only the levels and color were adjusted, to change it from the normal blue/magenta color scheme to something a little different. Here is some rather dry reading for you, culled from the web: Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist. Sir William attended the Royal College of Chemistry, in London, and worked on spectroscopy. In his investigations of the conduction of electricity in low pressure gases, he discovered that as the pressure was lowered, the negative electrode (cathode) appeared to emit rays (the so-called cathode rays, now known to be a stream of free electrons, and used in cathode ray display devices). As these examples indicate, he was a pioneer in the construction and use of vacuum tubes for the study of physical phenomena. He was, as a consequence, one of the first scientists to investigate what are now called plasmas. He also devised one of the first instruments for the study of nuclear radioactivity, the spinthariscope. Plasma was first identified in a Crookes tube, and so described by Sir William Crookes in 1879 (he called it "radiant matter"). The nature of the Crookes tube "cathode ray" matter was subsequently identified by British physicist Sir J.J. Thomson in 1897. Plasmas are by far the most common phase of matter in the universe, both by mass and by volume. All the stars are made of plasma, and even the space between the stars is filled with a plasma, albeit a very sparse one (See astrophysical plasma, interstellar medium and intergalactic space). In the solar system, the planet Jupiter accounts for most of the non-plasma, only about 0.1% of the mass and 10 to the -15% of the volume within the orbit of Pluto. Plasma is loosely described as an electrically neutral medium of positive and negative particles. In 1870 Crookes decided that science had a duty to study the preternatural phenomena associated with Spiritualism. Judging from family letters, Crookes had developed a favorable view of Spiritualism already by 1869. Nevertheless, he was determined to conduct his inquiry impartially. Among the phenomena he witnessed were movement of bodies at a distance, rappings, changes in the weights of bodies, levitation, appearance of luminous objects, appearance of phantom figures, appearance of writing without human agency, and circumstances which "point to the agency of an outside intelligence". -----

Thanks for your vibrant comments and birthday well-wishes on my previous upload, Dawn's Early Glow ----- Olympus C8080wz & PhotoshopCS. (1079) Boca Raton, FL, USA 2008 Sponsored by: Kramer Kreations

Comments (40)

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awjay

3:24PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

cool image

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Geophree

3:27PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Extraordinary image.

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bevsphototreasures

3:31PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Kort,awesome shot. I love this as the abstract it is. Thanks

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Bossie_Boots

3:33PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Interesting image quite fasinating superb capture !!!!

MrsLubner

3:39PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Stellar. I actually just love this sort of talk. I don't understand much but it just sounds so ... intelligent and intelligent things really entertain me. LOL

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babuci

3:41PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Wow, na this is cool. I have to have one of these. Thanks for the info too.

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RodsArt

3:50PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

So cool, love plasma lights!

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Tanglimara

4:07PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Excellent plasma globe, wonderful lighting ... I want one. Tony :-)

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lizzibell

4:07PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Beautiful image...

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mark.spooner

4:08PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Not an easy subject, nice work.

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hotracer2

4:11PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Cool image and information excel:):):)

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cameraobscura2

4:12PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

Greetings Kort, This is really cool and I really appreciate you having taken the time to provide us the added information. Thank you for sharing and have a great week. egmont

lanemtripp

4:25PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

awesome work

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Richardphotos

4:31PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

excellent work and interesting history

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rockstrider

4:33PM | Mon, 28 January 2008

beautiful clarity in this capture Kort and I'm impressed that you changed the colour - dont think that I'd have thought of doing it! The reading reminds me of when I was studying physics back at college!lol!

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