For Xmas 2009, a tree made of Tesla coil sparks. That’s how we do it in Oz. Merry Christmas.
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Xmas 2009
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Tesla Tree
A 63 second exposure shows a Tesla tree of sparks for Christmas . These come from a 8 foot metal rod which acts as a rotating breakout point that is progressively raised in a spiral so sparks extend from ground level up to a high of about 18 feet. Hoping my umbrella will protect me here.
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Xmas 2007
Merry Christmas! This is a single photo from a Nikon D70s digital camera and is a 91 second exposure of a real functioning Tesla coil and is the result of perhaps 50 hours of preparation. It is cropped but otherwise completely untouched. It is not, repeat not, photoshopped. It does however achieve the result using special effects which I will explain.
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