Birth of a 15 x 20 x 2“ Captured Lightning Sculpture (DSCN6566)

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Making Captured Lightning is LOUD - you may want to reduce turn the audio volume down. Skip to 0:51 to see discharge. This is a 15“ x 20“ x 2“ 3D Captured Lightning sculpture being created inside a large slab of clear acrylic plastic. These are also known as Lichtenberg figures or “beam trees“. This specimen was passed through a 5 million electron volt (MeV) beam of electrons from a particle accelerator, flipped 180 degrees, and then passed through the beam once again. The high-e