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Kirlian photography

Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges. It is named after Semyon Kirlian, who, in 1939 accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a high-voltage source, an image is produced on the photographic plate.

Kirlian photography is a technique for creating contact print photographs using high voltage. The process entails placing sheet photographic film on top of a metal discharge plate. The object to be photographed is then placed directly on top of the film. High voltage is momentarily applied to the metal plate, thus creating an exposure. The corona discharge between the object and the high voltage plate is captured by the film. The developed film results in a Kirlian photograph of the object.

Color photographic film is calibrated to faithfully produce colors when exposed to normal light. Corona discharges can interact with minute variations in the different layers of dye used in the film, resulting in a wide variety of colors depending on the local intensity of the discharge. Film and digital imaging techniques also record light produced by photons emitted during corona discharge (see Mechanism of corona discharge).

Photographs of inanimate objects such as a coins, keys and leaves can be made more effectively by grounding the object to the earth, a cold water pipe or to the opposite (polarity) side of the high voltage source. Grounding the object creates a stronger corona discharge.

Kirlian photography does not require the use of a camera or a lens because it is a contact print process. It is possible to use a transparent electrode in place of the high voltage discharge plate, allowing one to capture the resulting corona discharge with a standard camera or a video camera.

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Finnish from Afar Blog: 10 Useless Facts about Finland

9. The Nokia ringtone was composed in 1902

Finland’s most famous corporation, Nokia, is one of those very rare companies that have a globally recognised “aural logo”, the famous tudututu-tudututu-tuuuuuu (you know the one). It turns out it wasn’t created by some clever ad agency in the 1990s, but is in fact a phrase from a composition for solo guitar, Gran Vals, written in 1902 by the Spanish classical guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega.

(Source: virtuaalinengalleria)

mangopower:

I have taken it upon myself to point out

that things like pomme de terre and pineapple have “apple” in them because

once upon a time apple was the word for fruit

WOW NO WAY

yes

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Hja, kórusnak prédikálni

Hamarosan eljutok a román sajóhoz, igazából az a mérvadó ilyenkor, pl már csak azért is, mert az erdélyi magyar sajtó nem olvasható más nyelven. Ez hatalmas hiba és hiányosság, legalább románul és angolul mindennképp kellene működnie.

erdély ma - Románok tüntettek az autonómiáért Kolozsváron

Nétené, Fancsalinak mégis sikerült megmozgatni egy markonyi embert, és nagyon helyesen a többségi nemzetet célozta.

Azért jöjjön elő bennem egy annyi lokálpatriotizmus, hogy udvarhelyi a gyerek (nos, Farkaslakán lakik, ez most kicsit összezavar, de úgyis mindegy). Úgy gondolom, hogy mi, a tömbmagyarságból kijőve (szép, archaikus ez a szó) furának találjuk a két párhuzamos (és nem metsző) világot, amiben a románok s a magyarok élnek, s látjuk, hogy ez így nem vezet sehova. Az meg aztán főleg nem, amikor a „kórusnak prédikálnak” „vezetőink”. (Vagy amikor Tőkés László kéri az anatómiát a Partiumnak s a Kárpát-medencének. Jó, hogy még a kanadai magyaroknak nem kért.)

Viszont tartom a véleményem, hogy a Székelyföld akkor is különálló entitás kellene legyen, ha eseteg létezne egy önálló Erdély (sőt, ha amolyan Magyar Királyság részei lennénk, akkor is). Jelenleg viszont eleve egy másik világ vagyunk nemcsak Romániában, de még Erdélyben is.

kuunakullanvalkeana:

the finnish commentator said that phonetically the hungarian language reminds him of drunken finnish……………

Didn’t I read that on Tumblr before? :))

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vampirpillango: A laposférgek élete elég izgalmas. “Does it look like these flatworms are dancing? Well, not quite. They’re actually penis fencing. This species is hermaphroditic and all individuals have working penises, testes and ovaries. Typically, being a mother is more time consuming and “costly” for the flatworm - eggs are larger and require more energy to form than sperm do. So, neither wants to be the mom. They fight with their penises, and the loser is inseminated by the winner. Watch a penis fencing match here: http://bit.ly/Z2seg5” via Nature

vampirpillango:

A laposférgek élete elég izgalmas.

“Does it look like these flatworms are dancing? Well, not quite. They’re actually penis fencing.

This species is hermaphroditic and all individuals have working penises, testes and ovaries. Typically, being a mother is more time consuming and “costly” for the flatworm - eggs are larger and require more energy to form than sperm do. So, neither wants to be the mom. They fight with their penises, and the loser is inseminated by the winner. 

Watch a penis fencing match here: http://bit.ly/Z2seg5”

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Nature