Post your cool pictures here!

[Things]

They have one of these over on 4HV, and I like it because you don't have to start a new thread just to post a picture you happened to get

I'll start:

Accidental wood burn fractals I did on my desk with a flyback transformer:


http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/fractals.PNG - Higher Res version

Optical Trapping:


Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/IMG_1013.JPG

Weird rain front thingy:


Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/100_6991.JPG

Weird "Mammatus" clouds:

Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/IMG_0334.JPG

Found these forming over the pump outlet in my pool one day:


Laser scanner + Tree's and fog :

Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/IMG_1351.JPG

Long exposure (15s) of my anti-parallel ignition coils:



Some more weird sparks:


Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420...s/IMG_0937.JPG

See the incomplete spark?


Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420...s/IMG_0933.JPG

Some high up clouds, not sure what they are called at the moment:

Higher Res. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/203420/IMG_0229.JPG



Cheers,
Dan

[Doc]

A storm I stopped to photograph on my way home from work last year.







The 4' deep hole dug by our German Sherperd



A moth on our bathroom door



Some streamers from my tesla coil striking the porch window frame



A weird split streamer from the same coil

[Things]

My bird drinking my coffee and stealing jelly beans:







My soon-to-be 1.5M Tornado Machine:



Gecko's outside during summer:



BTW, awesome looking storm there Doc, I wish we got storms like that here

[Doc]

Those high clouds in your post are called altostratus clouds, or fair weather clouds to sailors.

BTW; that storm was trying it's best to spawn tornados, they kept reaching down from all over the cloud base but quickly disipating.

[White-Light]

In was going to say Doc, in the 2nd picture down you can see a hook trying to reach to ground. (Dark area).

[DZ]

Here's a couple, on the one with the tree, you might be able to see me on the left. It was a big freakin tree!

On the second one, this was from a shuttle launch several years ago, but you can see the shadow being cast by the vapor trail.

[Things]

:O thats a frikkin massive tree

Silica gel in a container lined with foil, connected to a HV source, causes the silica balls to jump around between the terminals :



You can see a video of it here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5goWZiy6As0

-Dan

[andy_con]

[Doc]

DZ, either that tree is absolutely massive, or you are one of the munchkin men

Andy; Nice photo

Dan, cool video. Have you tried cotton wool or poly beans? You can make it fly through the air backwards and forwards if you use enough voltage. If it aint smokin'; you aint usin' enough power Also; have you tried making a lifter?

[DZ]

DZ, either that tree is absolutely massive, or you are one of the munchkin men

5th largest tree in the world! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagg_(tree) We didn't set out to find it initially. We were in some small town outside of Death Valley and someone told us about it, so we went and checked it out. Some of the branches on those trees were larger than the oak trees in my yard. Neat stuff, just wouldn't want to be around when one of them falls!

edit- here's another pic of these trees, niether are Stagg tree, these are just some babies. By the way, I'm over 6 feet tall!