Re: [TCML] (somewhat) high speed plasma photos from coil/capacitor interactions

[Josh Bailey <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a set of longer exposures - but was trying to catch, in this 
particular round, things later than sooner (since the later stages get 
drowned out by the earlier).

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Peter Terren wrote:

> You are missing most of the action by phototriggering.
> Try a long exposure instead.
> 
> Peter
> tesladownunder.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Bailey" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:51 PM
> Subject: [TCML] (somewhat) high speed plasma photos from coil/capacitor
> interactions
> 
> 
> > 
> > Evening all;
> > 
> > http://casuallethality.com/?p=683
> > 
> > Friend Mike Kennan and I have been experimenting with discharging a
> > relatively most capacitor bank (100uF, 4.5kV) with a relatively modest
> > Tesla coil (rotary gap, 8kV/60mA primary).
> > 
> > Above are some (I think) interesting photographic results. All are light
> > triggered, "ISO" 3200 1/3000 and 1/4000 digital SLR shots - the camera is
> > triggered by a sensor/microcontroller combination (the flash of the bank
> > discharging).
> > 
> > To me the most interesting is the first, with two fairly luminous areas
> > and one probably very recently luminous (far left, next to topload).
> > 
> > Care to conjecture on the forces at play here?
> > 
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