Corona Discharge Photography

[@HuygensOptics]

Interesting project and very cool footage. While watching (for example the coins) I really wanted to have a closer look at the micro-discharges that were dancing around on the surface. If you get the chance, maybe try a closer macro shot or show it under a microscope. I think you will be able to record even more spectaculair imagery.

[@tiagotiagot]

Might be tricky to keep the camera safe though

[@TheBarretNL]

@@tiagotiagot You mean it would jump the camera/device? that be a killer i rekon.

[@silverXnoise]

For anyone who doesn’t know, @HuygensOptics has some of the best content on YT for optics. Highly recommended.

[@AndyFletcherX31]

I always wondered how this worked, thanks for the explanation and demonstration. By the way, that coin isn't a "British pound" but a 50 pence coin. You need two of them if you want a pound.

[@jamiecurran3544]

That's what I was thinking if only I'd be twice as rich!😂, just kidding I'm not remotely wealthy I'm skint!😂😁✌️

[@_Pyroon_]

But a whole pound would break the glass!

[@netsplit64]

if it were half a British pound it'd be 8 British ounces, or 1/28th a British stone

[@douglasstrother6584]

"It leaves burn marks on the outer layers of my skin." Now, that's hard-core!

[@KarpEZ]

Wow, really interesting! I've never seen this before. I came to this channel for the submarines and stayed for all the other cool stuff you do 😁

[@Ziess1]

Oh man, this would look beautiful as a store front if scaled up. No digital blandness, pure real gas discharge generating beautiful colours and wonderful moving textures.

[@nerdytech7287]

why isn't this channel popular. this stuff great.

[@alloverflorida3180]

Awesome content lately HSP... I commend your work, very inspiring!

[@tomjackson5828]

Absolutely awesome project and the clips of the coins are amazing! What was the total cost of this project? I would be very interested in making something similar.

[@M0UAW_IO83]

This is great, I'd heard of Kirlian photography when I was in my teens and there were all sorts of claims made for it, that it could show the soul, a person's 'aura', that you could see ghosts with it and all sorts of other assorted 'woo'

[@ericwazhung]

Very interesting. Like nature's way of "dithering" those coins!

[@alllove1754]

I love how it crystallizes

[@Rev-maniac7500]

Dude your content is really interesting and informative keep up the good work!

[@user-zq6pj5jo8j]

"Dude, I'm 14 and talk like it"

[@Rev-maniac7500]

@@user-zq6pj5jo8j ?

[@paranoiia8]

Mind blowing effects... Also weird thing as I was just watching other video about corona discharge when you uploaded this video and now I want to make one of this, I think I still have my old high frequency AC somewhere as I was using it for other project...

[@toygartumer7385]

I really like your videos

[@styrishrodrigues]

Same

[@deborahdunlap7168]

I built something similar back in the 70s, but it was only still photography using a car ignition coil and Polaroid film. People weren't completely clear on what was causing it at first, so the pseudoscientists jumped on it and started interpreting "auras" from the different colors. Thing is, if you stick an adjustable POT in the circuit, the colors changed along the spectrum as it turns. Have you tried the torn leaf on yours? That would be cool.

[@davidcora2751]

I love this but it’s beyond my skill set. Thanks for these interesting videos.

[@fburton8]

Fascinating! I wonder, could you do 3D surface height measurement / reconstruction by integrating arc intensity vs voltage?

[@quantummandavid]

You are a freaking genius

[@123xqp]

Interesting vid. Have been watning to make one of these for ages. BTW that's a British 50p, not a pound.

[@thathalfthaiguy]

Great video, much enjoyed. But at 1:27, I believe that you've got the polarity wrong... a +40kV will induce a +40kV on the other side. The glass dielectric will accumulate (-) charges near the (+) electrode [ie salt water] and the other side will be (+) charged, not (-) charged.

[@alienmoonstalker]

This would make awesome special effects for movies, etc.

[@Tristoo]

okay well.. I take back what I said. this is absolutely sick. and now I wish I had a coin collection. amazing stuff man cheers.

[@mikeconnery4652]

Awesome video it would be interesting to see differant types of rocks and elements in this light.

[@thinklist]

This is a bloody fantastic video 💪

[@lmzaadi]

Did I just get hypnotized? 🖤 ⚡️

[@user-zq6pj5jo8j]

It reminds me of a movie call "Flight of the Navigator" When they return to the correct time...:)

[@ericwazhung]

One of my favorite movies from childhood; Imma have to rewatch that scene, thanks!

[@matthewgoodchild6763]

You,sir,are a legend.🙏❤️

[@shodanxx]

Simply beautiful

[@GeologicalNerd]

Might try using some of those electroplated leaves. That would make some interesting images.

[@aeris-mo]

This look awesome, great work

[@savagesarethebest7251]

So beautiful! I think that you should drill glass under water

[@stevecann3394]

Beautiful results 👍😃

[@argentik82]

¡Geniously crafted! Keep with this content!

[@Aaron_b_c]

I still don't really understand how this works after reading the description, but it is very neat.

[@jb14_99]

Awesome video!

[@chopper3lw]

This is just SOOO kewl!

[@Nobe_Oddy]

SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!! Now if only Astronomers could start applying plasma and electricity to the universe around us :/

[@TheClumsyFairy]

Sir! That coin from the Brittish Isles, you identified as a pound! 'Tis no such thing!! 'Tis a fifty pence piece sir!!

[@Buzzhumma]

Thats was great . 👍🏻

[@tiagotiagot]

Would it be possible to make it work with skin contact without burning by using with lower voltage or perhaps some other modification? Perhaps using long-exposure to get the fainter glow?

[@BananaBLACK]

Could a less powerful version be used to make self cleaning/steralizing windows or surfaces.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Very impressive thanks!😁✌️

[@onkcuf]

Neato. I just love how everybody and their brother has 3D printers nowadays.

[@dvrs-e6t]

That "Bristish Pound" is a 50 pence piece. £0.50p Love your content BTW. Subscribed

[@thatwontwork9046]

This is the coolest

[@miklov]

Very nice, thank you!

[@mcquintao]

nice project!! Could be possible to match the image with the voltage applied to create a 3D topography map of the coins?

[@instructoruldemeditatie2367]

Nice video .I was wondering If a tesla coil can be used for kirlian photography and i found your video.This high frequency ac is safer too ..

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

The Queen looks like that for real now!

[@DanielCook-h6r]

Sierra Nevada Represent!

[@andrianwijayono6658]

Hi.. Thats cool.. i was working with that kind of configuration. Instead using grounded electrode, i connected both water plates and metal plates (conductive thing) to each of the AC high voltage terminals (from the AC flyback coil). i used 24V DC switching and zvs driver to power up the flyback. i was wondering, which ground you used in the experiment? is it earth grounded connection? thanks..

[@blue_leader_5756]

the Smiley Face at 8:50 looks like an album cover

[@htomerif]

If you had a British accent and dumbed these videos down by about 90 percent, you'd be getting millions of views per video. How does this only have 18k views? I don't understand.

[@mechtrontech]

This is Awesome ❤️

[@fromjesse]

Was some of the coin image showing during the wrench display?

[@cheater00]

what would happen if you put the whole thing on a bed of coal? coal would be very dark giving great photography contrast, but i wonder if it would conduct enough to cause more discharge. like a coal electrode.

[@StormBurnX]

Was this only uploaded in 720p? I tried reloading the video again after 12 hours, thinking perhaps I'd just clicked it too quickly after the initial upload, but it's still capping at 720

[@ericwazhung]

heaven forbid!

[@tridsonline]

👍🏻 Brilliant stuff, thanks for sharing! Did you try things like imaging a fresh whole leaf, compared with an image of the same leaf with a piece cut off? The second image reportedly shows a ghost outline where the piece is missing. That was my first ever introduction to Kilian photography, and I've always wondered if it was true.

[@mixpixmixable]

i have a question~ first, is there AC flyback transformer? i know that flyback transformer is DC source.. second, if capacitance is changed by something of ground, can tesla coil operate well? resonant frequency will be changed I think.. i want to know what output of your AC supply~

[@nobodynoone2500]

looks fun, i might give it a go.

[@styrishrodrigues]

Circuit diagram?

[@mastertravelerseenitall298]

"It leaves burn-marks on the outside of my skin." Any TRUE artist suffers for their art.

[@UV-NIR-Thermal]

Curious if you used UV eye protection😎 Great experiment btw

[@sokauo]

That is awsome and beautyfull, i'am fan of all your projects. Can you try building a metal detector or a coilgun?, with your skill at electromagnetic induction that can be easy for you.

[@rodjownsu]

Have you tried spraying an object with conductive paint? This could open up non conductive possibilities, you could print elaborate shapes then spray them.

[@noelandrew3600]

can you please share your 3D files for the HV flyback coil? you have shown them multiple times but not shared them that i can find. i have a 3D printer but im hopeless at cad so cant really work from scratch

[@Imaboss8ball]

So if I wanted to burn off fingerprints in a cool sci-fi way I should build one of these right?

[@mikeconnery4652]

I wonder if you could see the magnetic lines of a magnet. Or how an ion thruster works. Maybe ion thruster tuning.

[@stefanguiton]

Cool!

[@Scyth3934]

New video woohoo!

[@Sulphur_67]

what’ the nake of the track at the end where you turned off the lights? is it “to the stars”? i can’ find it anywhere

[@testpilotmafia862]

I think the CFL was lighting up more from the coil than the sheet.

[@DgoRI]

Is a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)?

[@Halfmoonbaystudios]

Is there any way to do this , but no pain in the fingers ?

[@StormBurnX]

I think the best result was from the back of the Ohio quarter - it really looked like some kind of electron microscopy

[@ThePiGuy24]

6:25 heh, unintentionally made a low pressure sodium gas discharge lamp in your input tube there ;p

[@gerritdeniet6243]

Great footage! Thanks! Question: Doesn't this work with DC HV as well?

[@robmckennie4203]

if it's a capacitive effect, it wouldn't work with dc

[@susanyoung6579]

Using HV DC sounds incredibly dangerous.

[@johnnyloco970]

Ozone has a smell? Who knew! I’m curious as to whether you can get different colors some way. I do know that different gasses will allow this much like fluorescent lighting. Your device seems to operate with saline and is that’ where the purple glow comes from? Possibly using gases rather than water would create different colors

[@lo2740]

it has a very distinct smell and we can smell it just becfore it is concentrated enough to be very harmful.

[@ColeHajek]

Aren’t the electrons technically jumping from the grounded object to the glass and not the other way around? Super cool too, I wonder what determines the color of the arc

[@gabrielbr1459]

I'm not sure, but I think one side of the glass gets the positive charge, that induces on the other side an negative charge, side that does conect through air to the ground object, so, it's eletrons jumping from the glass surface to the ground object.

[@Erhannis]

I get the idea it's moving both directions - the electrons don't move *through* the glass, they just build up or deplete, so it needs to be an AC current or it runs out of electrons and stops working.

[@shadowmage36]

Idea: metallic paint (or other metalized coating) on a war game miniature. See how that works! Could also be an excuse to build a vapor deposition system if you want to actually metalize things with aluminum....

[@monk8235]

Would it appear differently if you changed the "air" gap gas? eg Argon or Helium? maybe not Hydrogen😅

[@JoshuaRSmith]

It looks like there are some places on the coin where the pattern of illuminated dots is steady, and other places where the dots seem to be moving. The stationary vs moving regions seem to change somewhat with frequency or voltage (I am not sure what is being adjusted in the video). Does anyone know why there are both steady and "dancing" regions?

[@matt6250]

You might like the Safire Project

[@ernie5229]

What would happen if you built this into the front of a fish tank? I used to work at a fish store and people were always tapping on the glass, smudging it. This looks like a nice drterant!

[@mikemorton7149]

Wow never knew about this

[@TomS699]

Could this work with flowers ?

[@Ed_Aylward]

How have others done photos of organic matter like juices and torn leaves? Come on man the whole great claim to fame of Korilian photography is to show how energy auras are visible like when a leaf is torn in half and you can still see the outline of the missing part of the leaf. And supposedly different juices give off different paterns.

[@rickiefeatherstone]

Dumb question. I saw a reel where someone used this type of photography on a leaf. The cut it and supposedly the Corona it left was of the whole leaf. Can you confirm this?

[@deborahdunlap7168]

I did it using still photography (car ignition coil and poloroid film) in the 70s. Sometimes you saw the "missing" part of the leaf and sometimes it didn't work. I think it depends on what's on the outer part of the leaf. Video if it would be cool.

[@ohyou_6599]

need to try it with a big flat piece of Damascus

[@shalinmujeeb8352]

What are the materials required for this?

[@RicardoPenders]

If you do that with a leaf and first use the whole leaf, then cut it in half but don't move the leaf, take one half away and put the high voltage on it again and watch the cut off part of the leaf magically come back as if it never was away.

[@JS-wc4xs]

I'd love to see if Damascus blades would look differently than a regular carbon steel or similar blade

[@gifzilla1818]

Can we get the slowmo guys on this please

[@alphamike5271]

at 5 min. . . i really laughed out loud.

[@NGPerez247]

If you raise the frequency does it hurt less?

[@NGPerez247]

Also how do these things act in a magnetic field?

[@Nightowl_IT]

I think there is something wrong. If it is Kirlian photography the surface should be touchable for a longer time.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

👍👍

[@theplasmacollider6431]

Why not just use a conductive metal electrode instead of salt water?

[@HyperspacePirate]

The saltwater is transparent

[@wtechboy18]

yeah don't try to drill through tempered glass. It would have worked with normal glass.

[@kayezero703]

جميل

[@isaaclove1144]

Imagine what it would look like if you passed some neon gas under the glass

[@ehrenmurdick]

Just fyi, that image of a key is clear enough that it could be decoded and a copy made