Sunday Things - electrical edition
posted in Links by Cargo Cult on Sunday November 11 2012
Electricity. What can't it do?
Tesla coil electricity fight - to be honest, they look more concerned about falling off their platforms than of getting shocked. via rincewind
590 MeV ring cyclotron - just a single, low-resolution image, but I love the painted, solid metal surrounds. Compare: TRIUMF cyclotron, stellarators.
Power line 'explosion' - wait until just after one minute in for things to start arcing. Loudly. Not actually explosions, but still surprising. Compare.
June 19, 2011 McCook Nebraska supercell - next step, releasing clouds of probes into the atmosphere of Jupiter, this time with cameras and sufficient buoyancy to avoid the crushing depths. Above the storm could have been interesting...
Bonus Hidden London corner:
- London's hidden interiors - dance halls, power stations, masonic lodges, majestic spiral staircases all out of reach of the public eye.
- Post Office Railway - tiny, unmanned railway for transporting mail underneath London, considered lost from view before being infiltrated by urban explorers.
- London Underground - perhaps not completely hidden, but still a vast, underground warren resisting exploration...
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