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Captured Lightning Sculptures
Bridging the gap between art and science. The pattern is the result of a 2.2 million volt miniature lightning bolt being discharged inside an acrylic block. The discharge creates millions of permanent microscopic fractures arranged in tree-like branching chains. The characteristic fractal pattern left behind is called a Lichtenberg figure.
Electrifying Performance
In China’s Fujian province in Dacuo Village, a local band called Lightningfan specializes in producing electric arcs from Tesla coils that are charged with 1 million volts of electricity, and are in sync with the music they play.
Shielded by protective clothing made from ferroalloy silk thread, the members of Lightningfan play their instruments while generating lightning bolts as long as 4.2 meters without suffering any bodily harm. Their suits insulate them from the current which passes into the ground, and allows them to shape the artificial lightning bolts into various patterns during concerts. Needless to say, their performances are electrifying.
The world’s largest electric sign erected in Grant Park along Michigan Ave to commemorate the Knights Templar meeting in Chicago, by day and by night, 1910, Chicago.
